Tyson Fury won’t change much for his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.
‘The Gypsy King’ failed in his bid to become the first four-belt heavyweight champion when he suffered a split decision defeat to Usyk in May.
Fury started well before getting badly rocked in the ninth round of the WBO, WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight title fight, which ended in a first career defeat for the 6ft 9in behemoth.
The Englishman is feeling positive as he prepares for his revenge mission against Usyk.
Tyson Fury happy with performance in first pro loss
Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury will rematch for three of the four major heavyweight belts – the other is now held by Daniel Dubois – in Saudi Arabia on December 21.
While most fighters make big changes after suffering their first career defeat, Fury insists that almost everything will stay the same when he takes on Usyk for the second time.
The only thing he won’t do again is lose focus mid-fight, as he ultimately believes that’s what got him hurt and led to him falling short against the undefeated Ukrainian.
“I don’t think I can be any better than what I did,” Fury told Sky Sports. “Because I think it was probably one of the best performances I’ve ever done in my life.
“Although I didn’t get the result, I thought it was a very fantastic performance against one of my best opponents.”
“Can I be any better? Can I do any better? I can be more focused, and less clowning and I think that’s enough.
“Maybe if he chucked that punch, he hit me 100 times and maybe not done any damage, but you know the one time it did and that’s all she wrote really.”
Tyson Fury warned ‘be careful’ by old rival
Dillian Whyte fears Tyson Fury could be knocked out next month.
‘The Body Snatcher’, who was stopped inside six rounds when he fought Fury for the WBC heavyweight title in April 2022, has offered his old rival some advice ahead of his comeback fight.
“[In] heavyweight boxing, [a fighter’s] always just one punch away [from a stoppage],” Whyte said.
“[Usyk] tagged him pretty good [in the ninth round]. In some places in the world, they would’ve stopped this fight.
“But obviously, because of Fury’s nature, and the fact that he gets up and keeps going – that’s why they didn’t stop it.
“But I think Usyk can stop him. Usyk is growing into that heavyweight physique and is a lot stronger. Fury needs to be very careful in the rematch.”
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