November 2nd 2023.
Iron Mike Tyson had high hopes for Francis Ngannou ahead of his fight with Tyson Fury in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Despite Ngannou putting up a great fight and even dropping Fury to the mat in the third round, Fury still managed to take home the victory in a controversial split-decision.
Now, attention is turning to the long-awaited unification fight between Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, who holds the WBA, IBF, and WBO titles. Tyson has been adamant that Fury will come out victorious against Usyk.
When asked how the fight will go, Iron Mike answered, "He beats Usyk. He will beat him, yeah". He continued, "What did I tell you? It speaks for itself. Listen, this was his first professional fight with the greatest heavyweight fighter who ever lived and he dropped him! And gave him life to life in there."
The American also revealed his confidence in Fury's victory by saying, "Tyson Fury [will win]. He’ll overpower him. He [Usyk] can’t run that long with him, Tyson’s going to wear him down. He’ll get on him and wear on him and then he’s going to pound on him. He [Usyk] is not going to win the titles running. I’m a great fan of Uysk’s but he’s not going to beat Tyson moving and running, he’s going to have to eventually fight.”
Fury and Usyk had originally declared that their unification fight would take place in Saudi Arabia on December 23rd, but due to the damage Fury sustained during his fight with Ngannou, the bout has been pushed back to February. With Iron Mike backing Fury, it looks like Usyk will have a tough fight ahead.
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