
Fury-Usyk Fight Week Diary: Day Three
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk – two of the world’s most mentally strong and confident fighters – have long appeared to accept that they are unlikely to get under each other’s skin.
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Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk – two of the world’s most mentally strong and confident fighters – have long appeared to accept that they are unlikely to get under each other’s skin.

Making sense of Tyson Fury’s thoughts is like boxing itself: a hazardous occupation.

Though we’ve all rightly bemoaned the amount of time it’s taken to get here while blaming the multiple sanctioning bodies, the promoters, the broadcasters and even the various fighters involved for the delay, the truth is that contests as ginormous as Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk have always been something of a rarity.

Jordan Thompson revisited the “experience of a lifetime” sparring Oleksandr Usyk when he was a young professional in the first years of his career.

Could Mike Tyson be doing more to sell his July 20 fight with Jake Paul? Maybe, but at age 58, the former Baddest Man on the Planet seems to be struggling to take seriously an attraction fight with a YouTuber.

Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury will square off for the undisputed heavyweight championship on Saturday at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A sequel is in store for October, regardless of the result. After that, both fighters will likely head in different directions.

Frazer Clarke has played down the potential advantage presented to Oleksandr Usyk over Tyson Fury by the Ukrainian's decorated amateur career.



Of all the people to stand up and bust out a tune at a karaoke bar in Detroit that night, the moppy-haired, 6ft 9ins Brit crooning Eric Clapton’s ‘Wonderful Tonight’ was the least likely. “Who’s this new kid?” someone asked Hall of Fame trainer Emanuel Steward that night. “This is my next world champion,” Steward replied.