Oleksandr Usyk believes his victory over ‘The Gyspy King’ Tyson Fury seven months ago has haunted him all this time. He is mentally shaken and filled with negative self-doubt going into Saturday’s rematch on December 21st.
Inside Fury’s Head
Usyk knows that Fury is still troubled by their loss during their first encounter. He second-guesses himself hourly and obsessively about it. Fury thinks about what he could have and should have done differently. Unfortunately, There’s nothing he can do. It’s too late, and he has to live with it.
Since suffering the first official loss of his career, Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) has lost the aura that he once had. Going into the rematch, the former WBC heavyweight champion Fury, 36, has looked detached and sounded joyless during interviews. The memory of that night keeps flashing back for Tyson, and there’s no escape.
A Changed Man
Although Tyson had done the usual bragging about himself, he showed no energy and looked unbelievable. The loss to Usyk has mentally ruined the once proud Fury, making him look like a doomed man taking his last walk to the guillotine.
“I think I’m there for a long time, driving at 100 kilometers per hour,” said Usyk to the media when asked if he’s in Fury’s head after beating him on May 18th. “I have the focus on the 21st, and then we’re going to make the plans of what we’re going to do next.
Usyk has conquered many fighters, and he knows the look of his mentally beaten foes after. He can see it. Fury is just a shell like the others lost to the Ukrainian talent.
“Tyson Fury had a chance in the sixth round, maybe the seventh round, maybe 12th, 11th, first, second,” said Usyk to Sky Sports News about Fury failing to hurt him in their first fight.
“But Tyson did not do it. It’s just talk. Tyson said I had the chance. Yeah, no problem. We have a second fight, I’ll try [to knock Fury out].”
