Haunted By Usyk: Fury’s Demons Return For Rematch

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 full of negative self-doubt ahead of the return on Saturday 21 December.

Inside the fury’s head

Usyk knows Fury is still reeling from his loss during their first meeting. He second guesses himself hourly and obsessively. Fury thinks about what he could have and should have done differently. Unfortunately, there’s nothing you can do about it. 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 he once had. Going into the rematch, the 36-year-old former WBC heavyweight champion Fury looked unhinged and it sounded joyless during the interviews. The memory of that night keeps coming back to Tyson, and there is no escape.

A changed man

Even though Tyson had done his usual bragging about himself, he showed no energy and looked amazing. Usyk’s loss has mentally ruined the once proud Fury, making him look like a doomed man taking his final walk to the guillotine.

“I think I’m there for a long time, driving at 100 kilometers per hour,” said Usyk al media when asked if he’s on Fury’s mind after beating him on May 18. “I have the focus on the 21st, and then we will make plans for what we will do next.

Usyk has conquered many fighters and then knows the look of his mentally defeated enemies. He can see it. Fury is just a shell like the others lost by Ukrainian talent.

“Tyson Fury had a chance in the sixth round, maybe the seventh, maybe the 12th, the 11th, the first, the second,” Usyk told Sky Sports News about Fury not hurting him in his first fight.

“But Tyson didn’t. It’s just talk. Tyson said he had a chance. Yeah, no problem. We’ve got a second fight, I’ll try (to knock Fury out).