Tyson Fury taunted Oleksandr Usyk by calling him a “useless piece of s***” in his latest video message.
Fury is preparing for his undisputed world title fight against fellow heavyweight champion Usyk on February 17th in Saudi Arabia. The fight was expected to take place at the end of December but was pushed back after Fury was surprisingly pushed to the limit by former UFC champion Francis Ngannou in their crossover fight two months earlier.
In an effort to dial in for the undisputed fight, Fury flew out to Saudi Arabia on New Year’s Eve to continue his preparations. The Brit has either flown back to England or uploaded an old training video mocking Usyk as he vowed to ‘smash his rival’s face in’ after completing a gruelling run through the mountains.
“Another big day of running in the f****ng mountains! Come on! Easy work, smashing Usyk’s little rabbit face right in for him. Useless piece of s***,” Fury said as he captioned the post: “Working hard for the undisputed heavyweight championship 2024” along with the hashtag “run rabbit run”.
Fury was criticised by his dad John for his performance against Ngannou as the unbeaten Brit looked far from his best on the night. ‘The Gypsy King’ admitted that Ngannou, who was making his boxing debut, was his toughest opponent of the last decade. Fellow British boxing legend Carl Froch was backing Fury to beat Usyk but changed his prediction after Fury’s fight against Ngannou
2024 is going to be a fantastic year. Hopefully with a close humdinger with Fury and Usyk. I’m picking Usyk for that one, just because of where Tyson Fury is mentally. Hopefully Fury can have a good camp and rekindle some of his old greatness in terms of when he fought Deontay Wilder three times,” Froch told talkSPORT.
“He looked good, he looked different every time. I don’t know, that’s gone now. He struggles to get the weight off him. He seems under-motivated. When he fought Ngannou he looked confused. Has he got old overnight? Hopefully he turns up and gets the job done, because I want those titles to return to Britain, but at the minute I think Usyk wins that fight.”
