Tyson Fury reveals the ‘problem’ that led to his loss to Oleksandr Usyk, which was ‘easier than I thought’

Tyson Fury has admitted his appearance cost him the undisputed fight with Oleksandr Usyk.

The 37-year-old right-wing mastermind from Ukraine has a habit of losing in the early rounds as he looks to test his opponent, just ask Derek Chisora ​​and Tony Bellew who both had leads against him.

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But rather than use his third-and-6-inch height advantage to trouble Usyk from the start, Fury played to the Riyadh crowd’s liking and didn’t make a clear lead early on.

The fourth through seventh rounds were the big success for the 35-year-old Morecambe veteran, who thrashed Usyk with uppercuts and hooks to the body.

But his world was turned upside down in the eighth round when a left hand broke his nose, and in the ninth he was knocked down, and once again displayed superhuman strength to pull his hulking body off the floor and finish another historic fight.

Fury’s fame-hungry father John rightly bore the brunt of the blame for his son’s split decision defeat – he shouted at trainers Sugarhill Steward and Andy Lee in the corner and told his son to stick to the lighter punches in the final two rounds and move on.

But the rebuilding former WBC boss, who has a mission of revenge on December 21, accepts the foolish responsibility of playing the class clown.

He said of his opponent, “I felt I punched him in the head most of the round.” Furiosity Beverage firm.

“He landed a good punch in round one right that broke my nose. The score was 10-8 in round nine, and I gave him round ten.

“Apart from that I didn’t give him any other rounds, I gave him eight, nine and ten rounds.

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“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’ and I always dismissed that – but now it’s come back to haunt me. I still enjoyed it, thought it was all good.”

The only judge to give a split decision in Fury’s favour was Canadian Craig Metcalfe, who has a long-standing relationship with the same WBC sanctioning body that Fury has earned millions of pounds for.

The Briton was fortunate to keep his unbeaten record intact even in close fights with John McDermott in 2009 and Francis Ngannou last year, so it was surprising to hear he has raised concerns about the integrity of the officials for the first Usyk bout – and the rematch on December 21.

He explained: “I have watched the fight many times and my answer is still the same, I felt I did enough and won the fight. Usyk knows he didn’t beat me.

“It was a very close fight, one judge saw me winning by a round and one judge saw him winning by a round. And then the final judge made the decision.

“I have to get him out of there because I won’t be able to get a decision, which is unfortunate because it’s hard enough to win a fight, it’s even harder to win when you have to knock someone out.

“But I am confident and looking forward to the challenge.”

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