Oleksandr Usyk aims sly dig at Tyson Fury with 'wife' response after revealing secret to victory in final rounds ... after Gypsy King claimed he had not spoken to Paris in THREE months before big fight
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Oleksandr Usyk suggested his wife was responsible for his victory over Tyson Fury in a subtle dig at the Brit - after the Gypsy King ignored his beloved Paris for three months. Fury locked himself away in an intensive camp and claimed he had not spoken to his wife Paris, who he married in 2008 and has seven kids with.
![[It was a subtle dig, perhaps, at Fury, who said he had not even spoken to his wife Paris for three months as he geared up for the fight]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/22/10/93398653-14218641-image-a-29_1734863725988.jpg)
The pair were finally reunited on Thursday night at the pre-fight press conference but their coalition did not inspire Fury to victory on Saturday in Riyadh. Usyk won 116-112 on all three of the judges' scorecards to retain his WBA, WBC, and WBO heavyweight belts, winning 16 of the last 18 available rounds in the second half of the fight.
![[Usyk beat the Gypsy King 116-112 on all three of the judges' scorecards to retain his belts]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/22/10/93397193-14218641-image-a-30_1734863751383.jpg)
Asked what the key to that stamina was, he said: 'I don't know, maybe I train. Good prepare. My wife helps me (smiles). In the build-up to the fight, Usyk revealed that he had not actually seen his wife Yekaterina (Katerina) for five months, but said they spoke every day.
![[Fury claimed afterwards that he had won both of his fights against the Ukrainian this year]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/22/10/93397175-14218641-image-a-31_1734863784878.jpg)
Oleksandr Usyk credited his wife Katerina for helping him beat Tyson Fury on Saturday night. It was a subtle dig, perhaps, at Fury, who said he had not even spoken to his wife Paris for three months as he geared up for the fight. Usyk beat the Gypsy King 116-112 on all three of the judges' scorecards to retain his belts.
![[In October he revealed that Paris had had a miscarriage with their eighth child on the eve of his first fight against Usyk in May]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/22/10/93398657-14218641-image-a-32_1734863808460.jpg)
He and Katerina have been married for 15 years and have four children: sons Kyrylo and Mykhalio and daughters Yelizaveta and Maria, whose birth he missed preparing for the first contest between himself and Fury. 'It's helped me - because it's my family,' the Ukrainian said.
![[Usyk has four kids with his wife, Yekaterina, who he spoke to 'every day' in the build-up]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/22/10/93398753-14218641-image-a-33_1734864213318.jpg)
