Tyson Fury says he ‘feels sorry’ for Oleksandr Usyk in rematch after failing to knock him out in first fight
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TYSON FURY claims his spirit is too strong to be broken by Oleksandr Usyk’s powder-puff punches. Fury survived a standing count after having his skull rattled in an explosive ninth round of their undisputed world heavyweight clash in May. The Gypsy King’s nose was also smashed in the eighth on the way to a split-points defeat to the Ukrainian.
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But despite the shellshocked Brit stumbling round the Riyadh ring — with only the corner post holding him up — Usyk failed to land a knockout punch. And ahead of Saturday’s multi-million-pound rematch in the Saudi desert, Fury warned his bitter rival: “I’m not a quitter.
“When I look in the mirror, I don’t see a quitter. “I see a man who would do anything to keep going and survive, keep getting up. “If I get knocked down nine times I’ll get up ten. And that’s it. “Why do I do it? If I didn’t want to do that, if I didn’t have it in me, I wouldn’t be a boxer, I’d be doing something else, playing darts or something. But that’s my job, so it’s what’s expected, isn’t it, of me? Anything less is no good.”.
Fury, 36, has proved on a number of occasions that his recovery powers are one of his key assets. CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERS. He bounced off the canvas in sloppy early bouts against Neven Pajkic and Steve Cunningham. He also twice climbed off the deck in two of his iconic WBC title wars with Deontay Wilder.
