Tyson Fury is gearing up to try and avenge his first-ever professional loss inside the boxing ring.
Back in May, the former two-time world champion came unstuck against Oleksandr Usyk while attempting to become the undisputed heavyweight ruler. He was beaten over 12 rounds and came out with a narrow points loss having been given an 8 count in the 9th round which ultimately proved to be the difference between the two men.
Now, the pair will fight again in a rematch in December in Saudi Arabia, and Fury has told TNT Sports Boxing that he is all ready to go.
“I’m ready to rock and roll. Listen, I don’t need a 12-week camp. I’ve been boxing all my life. I’m ready to go tonight, tomorrow, next weekend. Sunday, Monday, Wednesday. It doesn’t really matter. I can come in the ring at 30 stone and do 15 rounds. I’m a natural at it.”
He then revealed what was holding him back in his last camp, and it was the cut he sustained late in the day which initially delayed the fight from earlier in the year until the May date.
“All I need is five or six weeks sparring, good sparing this time where I’ve not got a cut that is going to open up.
We worried so much about the cut in the camp because there was a massive payday on this cut. And the cut wasn’t even a factor in the fight so now, cushty, can’t wait.”
Fury went on to detail how the cut played a factor in his preparations.
“Listen, it was only 12 weeks before I had a 16 stitch cut across my left eye and that had to heal. It maybe took seven or eight weeks for the cut to heal up then another six or seven weeks training but there’s always a risk of it opening up [in camp] and you lose your big dough.”
It’s a plan that worked well for him when going into his rematch with Deontay Wilder. Having drawn the first contest, he dismantled and knocked out ‘The Bronze Bomber’ in their next two fights.
