TYSON FURY has released an "important" video message following his defeat to Oleksandr Usyk. The Gypsy King was dethroned by the Ukrainian when they went glove-to-glove in the ring on May 18, with Usyk emerging as the unified and undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. OLEKSANDR USYK is the deserved undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, writes Wally Downes Jr A great biggun doesn’t always beat a great littleun, not when David has the weight of a besieged nation on his shoulders and is able to swing each compatriot into every punch.
Usyk did what Usyk does, he moved magnificently, he counter punched and he outworked his taller and heavier opponent. He somehow manages to use every physical disadvantage to his favour. But what the hell is Fury doing getting up in round nine? Why is a father-of-eight with £300million in the bank, three best-selling books and a Netflix series going to the well like? Britain is not fighting back Putin’s army, Morecambe is not occupied.
So when the 35-year-old’s senses are scrambled, when the canvas is calling him, when he is so desperate not to be felled he is willing to bounce around all the ropes like a drunk, when he eventually has to collapse into a corner, why doesn’t he just stay down? He has earned the right to surrender as well as his millions. The sheer courage and guts and bloody mindedness it takes to climb off that deck, with a broken nose and a crumbling ego is not comprehensible to us mortals. Fury said he felt .
