Tyson Fury wants third fight with Oleksandr Uysk
Tyson Fury suffered defeat for the first time in his career in May against Oleksandr Usyk.
Since then, there was no doubt that Fury would want the rematch next, but many have questioned what he has left.
This week, he has confirmed what his plans are for after the rematch.
Fury stepped through the ropes in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as the bookie’s favorourite, hoping to become the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis in 1999.
‘The Gypsy King’ was not going to change for the Ukrainian, he started the fight showboating to the crowd, smiling at his opponent, he seemed to be in his perfect flow.
He then took control of the fight during the middle rounds, Usyk was struggling to get near the 6 foot 9 Brit.
Fitting with the occasion and excitement of this divsion, the fight completley changed in the ninth round.
Usyk is one of the best fighters in the world when it comes to the championship rounds, and this fight was no different.
Usyk’s output was extraordinary, he had seemed to have figured his opponent out, landing at will, Fury stumbling all over the ring forced the referee to call a standing count.
Fury did not properly recover until the final round, but this was deemed to be too late, the judges scored the fight 115-112, 114-113 and 114-113 (Fury) in Usyk’s favour.Turki Alalshikh’s mammoth impact continues
Since Usyk became undisputed world champion, he has had to vacate his IBF belt, which is now held by Daniel Dubois, who demolished Anthony Joshua just a few weeks ago.
Thus, the rematch will not be for all four belts.
Fury has stated this week that this does not concern him and has explained why he won’t target undisputed status if he wins the rematch.
Instead, speaking to Sky News, he has confirmed what his future plans are.
”I’d like to have a triology with Usyk,” he said.
”I would be the only heavyweight in history to have had three trilogies.”
After lots of talks in the past few weeks about whether we would finally see the all-British showdown against Anthony Joshua, this has brought some clarity to what could be next in ‘The Gypsy King’s’ career.
Of course, if Fury loses the rematch, then there will no triology and the ‘AJ’ fight will be demanded again.
There is still a lot to happen, but the highly anticipated rematch on December 21st promises to be another epic.
