Tyson Fury gets a shot at avenging his first loss when he rematches Oleksandr Usyk on December 21 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The Brit fell short for the first time in his career in May, losing a split decision to the elite Ukrainian after taking a count from the referee in the ninth round.
Despite Fury’s success in the middle rounds, it was Usyk who showed the gears to become undisputed, upping the pace in the eighth and bloodying his fellow champion’s nose before the crucial next round when he would punch him around the ring.
Fury has claimed he lost because it felt ‘too easy’ in there and he took his eye of the ball.
British boxing legend Amir Khan backs this thinking, telling The Stomping Ground that he thinks his countryman is better in tha majority of departments save for mentality.
“You make a mistake against someone like Usyk, he’s gonna capitalise on that. What Fury needs to do is box him at his own game. Be smarter than him. He is smarter than him, in my opinion. I think he is better than him as a fighter, and I think he is faster than him as well. It’s just that Usyk is so strong mentally. He just stayed very composed throughout that fight.
I’m sure Fury will know what to do this time. He’s gonna go into this fight and get the win … I don’t think he’ll stop him. I can’t see Fury stopping him. I think he’ll outbox him.”
The second fight between the two top heavyweights will not be for undisputed since Usyk recently vacated the IBF belt and saw Daniel Dubois elevated to full champion.
