TYSON FURY and Oleksandr Usyk are headed for a tense reunion this week – just three months ahead of their eagerly-awaited reunion.
The pair, 36 and 37 years old respectively, will renew their rivalry with Saudi Arabia taking on each other in a row on December 21.
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There hasn’t been a meeting between the fan favourites since Usyk emerged victorious in their historic encounter. plain and obvious The heavyweight title fight will take place in May.
But they could be reunited just hours before Daniel Dubois and Anthony Joshua clash at Wembley on Saturday night.
The two rivals will attend a fan event at Boxpark Wembley, several hours before Dubois and Eze compete for the IBF heavyweight title at the home of English football.
Both players will meet and greet fans at what has been dubbed the “Official Pre-Fight Party.”
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Fury’s dreams of becoming the first undisputed heavyweight king since fellow Briton Lennox Lewis were shattered by a split decision defeat.
The Gypsy King was nearly eliminated in the ninth round of the Classic, but somehow he managed to hear the final bell.
The defeat to the wily southpaw – who became the undisputed two-weight king at the Riyadh Rumble – was the first loss of Fury’s title-laden professional career.
And the defeat has lit a fire inside the Wythenshawe warrior, who roared in a video on social media in June: “I’m counting down the days until I get my redemption over Usyk.
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“December 21 will be my time. I have done everything in boxing, but I have not come back from defeat.
“And I enjoy it, the chance to free myself, rise up. “December 21 is totally my day – the undisputed legend I am coming here.”
Fury blamed his first loss on the fact that too much fun “I felt like I punched him in the head most of the rounds,” he said.
“He landed a good punch in the eighth round, Exposed My nose. In the ninth round, he had it 10-8, and I gave him the tenth round.
“Apart from that I didn’t give him any other rounds, I gave him eight, nine and ten rounds.
“But the ninth round is classified as two rounds, so I gave him four rounds of the fight. It was actually easier than I thought, much easier.
“People were saying he was hard to hit, but I was troubling him with three- and four-punch combinations and laughing at him.
“My problem with that fight was that it was probably too easy.
“Sometimes it was quite easy, it was like I was up there with a local amateur boxer and I was really enjoying it and messing around.
“And I paid a heavy price for that in the ninth round when I had too much fun and lost.
“I was always told, ‘Never mix your work with fun.’
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“And I’ve always shown him my middle finger – but now it’s come back to bite me.
“I still enjoyed it, thought, it was all good.”
