FEARSOME Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk says his team will KO the Three Lions in Rome on Saturday.
English boxing’s bogeyman is pulling no punches, having beaten both Tony Bellew and Derek Chisora on British soil.
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Now Usyk reckons his brawlers will be the ones to get behind England’s solid guard — leaving their Euro dreams flat on the canvas.
The trash-talking southpaw said: “Sorry England, Ukraine will beat you.
“Ukraine will be champions!”
The match kicks off at 8pm after the Three Lions KO’d Germany at Wembley in a historic bout.
While Andriy Shevchenko’s Ukraine have punched above their weight to knock out Sweden just before the bell in Glasgow.
Unbeaten Usyk faces Anthony Joshua for his heavyweight titles in London in September.
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But first he wants pal Andriy Yarmolenko — who gave him a West Ham shirt when he beat Chisora — to leave the Three Lions looking like lost little kittens.
So in the Eternal City, it’s now gladiators ready.
Let’s hope England can conquer ’em.
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Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
