Tyson Fury: “Born A Winner,” Unfazed By Rematch Pressure

Tyson Fury says he won’t react with surprise if he’s victorious against Oleksandr Usyk in their rematch on Saturday night.

He states he was “born a winner,” and a win over the unified heavyweight champion Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) would be no different from the other 34 wins he’s racked up during his 16-year career.

Hopefully, he’s serious because he partied and ate like a madman after his upset victory over Wladimir Klitschko in 2015. The Gypsy King ballooned up to nearly 400 lbs and stayed out of the ring for 2 1/2 years, celebrating.

For Fury to react that way, he didn’t think he was going to be victorious, and he may have doubts that he’ll have his hand raised against Usyk. In other words, when Fury speaks, he’s not being real with people.

Born A Winner?

“That’s what I do. I win. I was born a winner, and I’ll die a winner. A few wins in between doesn’t mean that much to me,” said Tyson Fury to Queensberry Promotions when asked what he’ll do if he’s victorious against Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday.

A Checkered Past

That defeat that Fury suffered against Usyk should have been #3 on his resume and not his first, as his first match with John McDermott on September 11, 2009, was clearly a gift decision, and his first match against Deontay Wilder should have been a knockout loss. That was the one where Fury was out cold in the 12th and was given a count by the referee. The fight should have been stopped on the spot.

“I think Fury has got it in him. This is his biggest fight, his comeback. He will never have a bigger fight coming back from defeat,” said Gareth A. Davies to talkSport Boxing. “Muhammad Ali came back from defeat to become a heavyweight champion. Tyson Fury can do it.

“Fury didn’t keep his long guard going long enough, and he can do that in this fight. He hurt Usyk to the body with uppercuts as well, time and time. He’ll employ all of that. What Usyk will do differently this time. Who knows? Maybe he will move more and be more elusive, but it’s going to be a fascinating, fistic chess match as they go into the 13th round.

“I understand he’s in better condition,” Gareth said about Fury. “He had that cut over his right eye to deal with in the last camp, of course.”

The Ali comparison by Gareth was a bit much, even for him. If Fury were a talent like that, he wouldn’t have any problems on Saturday against Usyk.