Oleksandr Usyk has confirmed that he plans to make a sensational return to the cruiserweight division if he defeats Tyson Fury again in this weekend’s heavyweight rematch.
Usyk defeated Fury to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world in May.
Having already achieved that feat cruiserweight that result made Usyk a two-time, two-weight undisputed champion. He does have plans to aim for a third undisputed world title if he wins, but he will do so at cruiserweight.
“I win again a second fight,” Usyk told Sky Sports News, “I’ll try cruiserweight again. I’ll try.” However, he is certain that he can win the rematch and continue where he left off in the first bout with Fury.
“I feel good,” Usyk said. “It continues, the 13th round because I feel like this.” He had hurt Fury badly in the ninth round of their first fight. Usyk could do so again, but warned: “Tyson Fury too had a chance in the sixth round, maybe the seventh round, maybe 12th, 11th, first, second. But Tyson did not do it.
Fury however hopes to avenge the first defeat of his professional career when he fights Usyk on Saturday and then set up a third clash.
“I want the third fight. I want the trilogy,” Fury said in three-person call with both Usyk and the backer of the Riyadh Season event Turki Alalshikh. “When I beat him on the 21st there’ll be a third fight, 100 per cent. There has to be a trilogy.
