Topics: Boxing, Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk
Tyson Fury has revealed the shocking sacrifice he has made in training camp for his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.
Fury, 36, will be looking to avenge his defeat against Usyk in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, having sustained his first professional loss at the hands of the Ukrainian on May 18.
As the anticipation builds in the lead-up to the fight, fans will no doubt have several questions.
What, if anything, has Fury changed in training camp? Will he employ different tactics? Will he retire after the fight?
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Some answers to these questions may be revealed over the week.
But the former heavyweight champion has already opened up about a huge sacrifice he has made in camp, and fans have been left baffled by the admission.
“I’ll end his career, this will be, you’ll never hear about Oleksandr Usyk again after this,” he told Queensberry Promotions YouTube channel.
"It’s been a long camp, hasn’t seen my wife and kids in three months.
"I haven’t spoken to [my wife] at all in three months. Not one word sacrificed a lot. But it’ll all be worth it, 100 per cent."
Tyson and wife Paris have been married since 2008 and have seven children together.
If Fury's commented are true, this means he will have missed the couples wedding anniversary in November and Paris' birthday on December 5.
She has regularly been pictured supporting her husband at fights all over the world in recent years but was not able to travel to Saudi Arabia for his first fight against Usyk as she was heavily pregnant.
After the first Fury vs Usyk fight in May 2024, the heavyweight revealed that Paris suffered a miscarriage the night before the bout but did not tell him until after fight, although he admitted “he knew there was a problem”.
"She was six months pregnant,” said Fury in May [via Sky].
“It's not like a small miscarriage at the beginning - you have to physically give birth to a dead child, on your own, while your husband is in a foreign country. To go through that on your own isn't good."
"When I got back, I got the inevitable confirmation that it was gone, but she had kept it to herself,” he added.
"I could not be there for her in that moment. And that's tough for me.”
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To watch Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk go head to head, there are three options.
1) You can watch the rematch for free on DAZN. All you need to do is sign up for a seven-day free trial and simply cancel your subscription once the event is over. You’ll be able to stream the match on a range of devices including Playstation, Chromecast, and Smart TV with more coverage than any other broadcaster. Once your free trial ends, a pay-per-view subscription will cost £24.99 per month and gives you access to over 150 fights every year, but alternatively you have the option to cancel before you are charged for your second month.
2) You can also tune in live on Sky Sports Box Office (Sky channel 491). The event is priced at £24.95 for Sky customers in the UK and $27.95 if you’re based in the Republic of Ireland. Sadly Sky does not offer free trials, but Sky subscribers can book the match here and if you’re new to Sky, you can sign up here.
3) Alternatively, you can watch the fight on TNT Sports with a Prime Video subscription (free for the first month then £8.99/ month), provided you have discovery+ (from £3.99/ month) as part of your subscription.
