Oleksandr Usyk has reacted to a member of his workforce getting headbutted by John Fury by sending out a brutal message to the daddy of his upcoming opponent.
Usyk is a famously cool and calm character who by no means usually appears phased by a lot that takes place each inside or exterior of the ring.
Following arguably top-of-the-line wins of his profession again in 2022 towards Anthony Joshua, he needed to watch the Brit dump the WBA, WBO and IBF belts he did not win again off the Ukrainian over the ring apron and on to the ground, then stood within the ring whereas Joshua ranted on the mic. Usyk barely reacted and has since spoken with understanding in regards to the incident.
This week, Usyk is again within the ring once more as he makes an attempt to turn out to be the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world by beating Tyson Fury, who’s the present WBC and lineal champion. He’s coming off the again of strong victories towards Dubois and Joshua, and earlier than that was the undisputed cruiserweight king.
Yesterday, the fighters arrived in Saudi Arabia and a fracas quickly ensued when each groups got here head to head. John Fury was irked by feedback from somebody in Usyk’s workforce, Stanislav Stepchuk, so determined to headbutt him however got here off worse by opening up a bloody gash on his personal brow whereas Stepchuk appeared unmoved and unmarked.
Talking to Boxing Social he gave his response to occasions.
“It’s unhealthy behaviour. He’s a giant man. He’s a father. Not a road fighter. This is sort of a son, my good friend. That is unhealthy behaviour.”
Usyk then performed down the altercation and mentioned that he’s solely focusses on his personal recreation and now Fury nor his father when he spoke to The Stomping Floor.
“Loopy day, loopy week. For me, it doesn’t matter as a result of my focus is on the battle. Unhealthy behaviour from Fury workforce and Fury’s father, it’s solely an issue for Fury’s workforce. I believe Tyson has bipolar. One week Tyson says [I’m a] rabbit, unhealthy man, light-heavyweight.
“Subsequent week, good boxer and numerous good phrases for me. I don’t take into consideration, my focus is simply on the battle. I don’t have a prediction as a result of I’m not an knowledgeable, I’m solely an athlete. My prediction… stunning battle… stunning win. Oleksandr ‘The Cat’ Usyk. Undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.”
This altercation has absolutely added an additional stage of emotion to the battle when it performs out this Saturday reside on DAZN and Sky Sports activities and now the referee has been revealed.
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