TYSON FURY joked Oleksandr Usyk will knock him out in the first round of their undisputed fight next month.
The pair are set to face off in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 18.
And after Fury’s team, including SugaHill Steward and Frank Warren, predicted the Gyspy King to win via knock-out, Fury decided to have some fun.
The world champion joked: “I’m going to go for Usyk to knock me out in the first round. I’m going to go for it, why not?”
Moments earlier Fury had dismissed the threat posed by Usyk.
He described the Ukrainian as a “good champion” but he does not fear him, partly because of his performance against Derek Chisora.
Fury said: “I think if I did not train at all for this camp and just came in at 25 stone and sank 15 pints of Peroni beforehand, and the next day go in there, what’s he going to do? Jib-jab me around?
“Take nothing away from him but he could not do anything with Derek Chisora. We all saw that fight. It was a 50-50 fight, it could have gone either way.
“So not unless he’s come on – at 38-years-old – in the last two years, leaps and bounds. This guy’s going to do me on rounds? I don’t think so.”
Fury, 35, also revealed there will be eight belts on the line when he faces Usyk.
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It was initially thought that there were four belt up for grabs with the the WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF titles on the line.
Fury added: “Let’s get this one clear right now, there is a lot more than four belts on the line.
“You got the IBO, IBF, WBO, WBA, WBC, Ring Magazine, and Lineal.
“So for all you mother f*****s who said there are four you are wrong, there are seven.”
Promoter Frank Warren then interjected and pointed out one more.
He said: “It is eight, because there is the Riyadh Season belt.”
Fury then continued: “I stand corrected, there is eight belts in one fight, that must be a record.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
