“I will believe until the day I die that I won”: Anger over Usyk’s rematch defeat

“I will believe until the day I die that I won”: Anger over Usyk’s rematch defeat

Tyson Fury feels he lost out in his rematch loss to Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday, which saw Usyk retain the WBC, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles with a unanimous 116-112 victory in Riyadh.

It was another great fight between Usyk (23-0, 14 KO) and Fury (34-2-1, 24 KO), both seemed to be in top form.

What Tyson Fury said after losing to Usyk

“I was pretty confident (that I was ahead). I thought I had won that fight again. I thought I won both fights, but then again I went home with two losses on my record now, so there’s not much I can do about it. I can just fight with my heart and soul and do my best. But again, until the day I die, I will always believe that I won this fight.”

“I was on the front all night and landed with my body and head. Listen, sometimes it’s hard to score.”

“I feel like a lot of people are doing well (I won 7-5). Frank (Warren, Fury’s promoter) had me do three or four rounds, a lot of people had me at least two. I just don’t know. It is what it is. I won’t cry over spilled milk. I know boxing, I’ve been into it all my life. You can’t change decisions. But I’ll just always feel a little disadvantaged – not a little, but a lot.”

“If you don’t get the knockout, here’s what happens. You can’t guarantee a win.”

“We carry on. We are going home to a new year. Whatever happens, we’ll see.”

“I think (Usyk) got a little Christmas present from the judges.”

“I felt like I won both fights. I don’t know what I did wrong and I know I have to knock him out, but it’s boxing and it happens. I have no doubt that I won the fight. …What can you do? You get paid, you get laid, that’s all. You’re going home.”

On whether we’ll see him fight again: “You might do that, you might not.”

What he took away from the Usyk fights: “On the record, fuck it. Two defeats. So not much.”

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