Tyson Fury predicts an undisputed heavyweight title clash against Oleksandr Usyk won't go past six rounds.
Fury, 34, insisted he was retired from boxing after knocking out Dillian Whyte in April but is now welcoming fights with Usyk and domestic rival Anthony Joshua. Usyk called out Fury for an undisputed fight after he outpointed Joshua last month, with the Ukrainian insisting he would not fight anybody else.
In the last few days Fury has turned his interest to fighting Joshua, claiming that Usyk turned down a proposed date for December as he is injured. Speaking after he appeared at the WWE Clash at the Castle event in Cardiff last weekend, Fury gave his prediction on a fight with Usyk.
"Me and SugarHill Steward both are convinced that if it goes six rounds, that's a s*** performance. I'll cut him down inside six, for sure. Sugar reckons I'll cut him down inside four. So, we've actually got a bet on, which one gets done first," Fury told SecondsOut.
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"He called me out after the fight, so I come back and say let's get the fight on in December. He comes back and says that he doesn't want to fight then because he's injured from the sparring contest that he had with AJ. He's running scared in my opinion should he decide to step in the ring he will be annihilated."
Fury played down Usyk's status as an elite heavyweight by plying down his past wins at the weight class. Usyk stopped Chazz Witherspoon in his debut at the weight class before going 12 rounds with Derek Chisora. Fury said his size advantage would be too much for Usyk and vowed to "annihilate" him if they fight.
"Every weapon that I possess beats Usyk, he's a smaller guy but he's carrying weight," Fury added. "There is no heavyweight in the world that's got more speed and is more agile than me. If he dropped to down to 195-198lb, he might have the agile speed over me. However, the sheer size and mass of destruction will wear him down. It would be like him having a double-decker on top of him.
"I want an easy win over a middleweight, why would I not want to fight him? Everybody is raving on about this guy being some great boxer, he's had three fights at heavyweight, Journeyman [Derek] Chisora, who I thought beat him, and two fights against bodybuilder 'AJ' who we all know can't box, so how is this guy a legendary boxer? where his heavyweight great resume? I will annihilate this bum. He's just another European bum."
