Oleksandr Usyk has shared his thoughts on former rival Tyson Fury‘s recent victory over Mariusz Wach.
Usyk famously had two battles with Fury during 2024, winning the first one in May of that year by split decision to become undisputed heavyweight champion, before following that up with a win in their rematch by unanimous decision seven months later.
That sent Fury into retirement, but ‘The Gypsy King’ returned in April with a one-sided points win over Arslanbek Makhmudov, which was expected to then set up a long-awaited clash with Anthony Joshua later this year.
With Joshua having a warm-up bout against Kristian Prenga on Saturday, Fury decided to have another outing of his own, going up against Mariusz Wach in Thailand on Friday.
It was an uneventful yet straightforward win for Fury, as he earned the seventh round retirement win, and now Usyk has told Boxing King Media what he made to his past foe’s performance, praising him for taking on one of his former sparring partners in Wach.
“I know Mariusz, he was my sparring partner. Yes [he’s a big man]. Greedy belly, [did] good. I say Greedy thank you, because Tyson help Mariusz [make] money.”
The match-up between Fury and Joshua is now expected to take place in November, after ‘AJ’ overcame a big scare by recovering from two first round knockdowns to knock out Prenga in the second round of their bout on Saturday.
Usyk is now training alongside Joshua, so it adds another interesting dynamic to the upcoming fight between the two British stars.
