Boxing celebrity Tyson Fury considers the battle in opposition to his psychological issues to be way more vital than his quite a few successes as an athlete. “I don’t think boxing itself is my greatest victory,” the 36-year-old Brit advised streaming supplier DAZN earlier than the rematch in opposition to Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday night in Riyadh. He returned to life after a suicide try. “I have returned from the depths of despair,” Fury added.
The former three-time world title holder misplaced the most important battle of his profession in opposition to Usyk in May after a cut up choice (1:2). His Ukrainian opponent secured all 4 main world championship belts – for the primary time since Lennox Lewis greater than 25 years in the past.
Fighting despair and drug use
In the rematch, which is anticipated round 11 p.m. German time, Usyk is taken into account the favourite. “Going in there and getting paid a lot of money to have a boxing match with some clown is child’s play compared to what I had to go through,” Fury continued.
The heavyweight boxer surprisingly defeated Wladimir Klitschko in 2015 and later battled despair and drug use.
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