MIKE TYSON criticized Tyson Fury for “playing” against Oleksandr Usyk but backed him ahead of their rematch.

Anger He lost his WBC title and undefeated record in May after losing a classic 12-round decision. Usyk.

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And Tyson said talkSPORT: “Hey, listen, Usyk surprised everyone.

“I think Tyson Fury has played too much, I think he needs to take this fight seriously and hopefully we get a different result to last time.”

Usyk, 37, became the first undisputed four-belt champion in the heavyweight division after defeating Fury, 36, in Saudi Arabia.

However, he had to give up his IBF title to continue his career. Rematch in Riyadh on 21 December.

Fury argued that he deserved the decision on the night and that he planned to knock out Usyk in the rematch. to avoid drama on the scorecards.

He said: “There’s no secret, I’m going there to knock you out. Because no matter what I do, I don’t think I’ll make a decision.”

“I don’t think I’ll get it boxing So I will have to take the decision out of the jury’s hands, as I did in America at the time (against Deontay Wilder).

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“And I have to get him out of there. I have to get him out of there to see victory.”

Fury drew Wilder after being knocked down twice in 2018 but won their subsequent rematch by stoppage.

He added: “I had to get Wilder out of there or he got me out of there and that was the kind of fight it was meant to be.

“It had to be a 50/50 gunfight with the greatest puncher in history, otherwise he would have pinned me in the ninth round.

“The situation will be the same when we have the rematch with Usyk.”

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