Fury out for revenge in boxing rematch against Usyk in Saudi Arabia
Al Jazeera
Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk rematch has struck a more serious tone than the first fight, with nothing less than the Brit’s legacy at stake.
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At a media event a few weeks ago, Oleksandr Usyk asked Tyson Fury to sign a photo for him and the Englishman affably obliged, even though it turned out to be an unflattering image of Usyk landing an overhand left punch to the jaw that scrambled his senses in their last fight in May.
The Ukrainian’s narrow victory in that thrilling contest in Riyadh made him the first undisputed heavyweight boxing champion in nearly 25 years and inflicted a first professional loss on Fury.
Back in Riyadh this week for the highly anticipated rematch, the humour and affability have dissolved.
“I’m going to dish out a whole lot of pain. I’m going to put this f****r in the hurt locker, for sure,” Fury, 36, said at the final media conference on Thursday night.
