TYSON FURY showered Oleksandr Usyk with praise for giving Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois a “real boxing lesson.”
Fury and Usyk – who rematch on December 21 – were part of the British record 98,000 that watched Dubois knock out Joshua at Wembley.
Usyk has two points victories over AJ and followed that up by stopping Dubois in nine rounds last year.
The Ukrainian then capped off his heavyweight success by becoming the first to defeat Fury in May.
But they put rivalry aside for a selfie while Fury was quick to give Usyk his flowers in the aftermath of Dubois’ KO win.
That is despite refusing to acknowledge his defeat to Usyk earlier in the year.
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He said: “You gave them both a real boxing lesson. I give you credit, you did well.
“That’s what boxing skills do. Skills pay the bills. You know what I mean?”
Usyk, 36, beat Fury, 37, in Saudi Arabia to become the heavyweight division’s first four-belt undisputed champion.
But to proceed with the rematch, he was forced to vacate the IBF title which Dubois, 27, inherited after being elevated from interim champion.
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After knocking out Joshua, 34, he has his eyes on a rematch with Usyk.
But Fury gets there first and despite the warm embrace with his rival, the Gypsy King still maintains he was unfairly beaten on the scorecards.
He told iFL TV: “I don’t think it was close. Hands down, I will always believe that and Usyk will too. They got a gift decision over the Gypsy King, end of.
“If you give him eight, nine and ten and class nine as a two-rounder, he didn’t win any other rounds in that fight.
“Even give him round one for the sake of it and how does he win? He doesn’t.
“It is what it is, it’s over now. They’ve had my decision, they took my virginity unfairly.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
