British boxing legend, ‘Prince’ Naseem Hamed, has made his thoughts clear on the upcoming rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury.
Back in May the Ukrainian became the first man to beat ‘The Gypsy King’ and with that captured all the belts at heavyweight to add to his former undisputed status at cruiserweight.
With a contractual rematch clause in place the two will now run it back later this year.
Speaking to iFL TV about the rematch, ‘Naz’ was full of praise for everything Fury has done for the sport.
“Look, I’m going to be honest. Tyson has already put his stamp on the sport big time. He’s done unbelievable in achieving what he’s achieved already. I don’t think people should forget that, I think people should always remember how big he’s become in the sport and what he’s created. There’s been no character like Tyson Fury.”
Pushed for a prediction, Hamed made it clear he would ‘love’ for the Brit to get the victory but seems to be leaning towards Usyk to get his hand raised once more.
“I always knew the first fight was going to be very hard for Tyson because the IQ of Mr Usyk is something else, he’s had all those amateur fights and all those championships. He’s come through as undisputed champion at cruiserweight and now undisputed as a heavyweight.
Listen, I think it’s going to be very hard for Tyson. Me personally, I would love to see him win that, that would make my year for him to win that fight. Do I think he’s going to win it? I think it’s going to be hard, I think it’s going to be very hard.
I hope he does but Oleksandr Usyk is on another level, he’s a future Hall of Famer, as is Fury.
We want the Fury’s so much to win. It is not impossible for him to win that fight – Tyson can come back and box unbelievable, we saw him hurting him with some uppercuts it’s not as if he can’t do it. If Tyson fights in the right way and does it in the best way, then in my eyes Tyson could do it.”
Usyk-Fury 2 takes place on December 21 in Saudi Arabia as part of Riyadh Season.
