The legendary former American boxer believes that such an event will have a greater impact on the Ukrainian.
Interrupting the fight for the title of absolute world boxing champion will benefit Tyson Fury and harm Alexander Usik more. This is what the legendary American boxer Roy Jones said.
In his opinion, the Ukrainian is more focused on this fight, because he wants to go down in the history of boxing.
“Of course, this is a big blow. Especially for Usik, because he saw in this fight an opportunity to become a sensation in the world. And he can do it only by defeating Tyson Fury. So the fight that it is more important for Usik than for anger.
Tyson has become a global sensation. He beat Wilder twice and beat Klitschko. Fury beat everyone, because he was the king of the heavyweight division, a global figure. Usik competed in the first heavyweight division, which, as a rule, is not the most prestigious division. Therefore, he is looking for an opportunity to achieve superstardom and top the pound-for-pound rankings.
For example, Terence Crawford had to wait until he was 35 to get an opponent where he confirmed his true status as a pound-for-pound fighter. Now Usik was supposed to get an opponent that would confirm his status as a pound-for-pound fighter, but the fight fell through,” said Roy Jones in an interview with IFL TV.
We remind you that Usik’s fight with Fury, which was supposed to take place on February 17, was postponed due to the cut Tyson received during sparring with Agron Smakichi. Now the boxers are scheduled to meet in mid-May.
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