{"id":297291,"date":"2023-11-16T22:08:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T22:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=297291"},"modified":"2023-11-16T22:08:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T22:08:59","slug":"little-oleksandr-usyk-promises-david-versus-goliath-moment-versus-tyson-fury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/boxing\/little-oleksandr-usyk-promises-david-versus-goliath-moment-versus-tyson-fury\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Little’ Oleksandr Usyk promises ‘David versus Goliath’ moment versus Tyson Fury"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    Oleksandr Usyk insists he will have his \u201cDavid versus Goliath\u201d moment when he takes on Tyson Fury. <\/p>\n

    The WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight champion faces WBC title holder Fury in an undisputed showdown on February 17 in Saudi Arabia. Usyk, 36, has been written off by Fury as too small to trouble him as they prepare to lock horns in one of the biggest bouts to be made in boxing.<\/p>\n

    But the Ukrainian, who was undisputed champion at cruiserweight before beating Anthony Joshua twice in the sport\u2019s glamour division, is not bothered by Fury\u2019s claims. <\/p>\n

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    He said: \u201cI am a little man. But I\u2019m a big champion. I want to tell one story which looks similar with Tyson. About David And Goliath. When the lord gives me Tyson in my hands, I will make my jump.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Usyk, who stands six inches shorter than Fury, refused to enter into a war of words with the British star when they met yesterday at the press conference to confirm the Riyadh clash.<\/p>\n

    Who do you think will unify the heavyweights, Oleksandr Usyk or Tyson Fury? Let us know in the comments section<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

    He said: \u201cMaybe it is true that I am too small. I don\u2019t know. For me it doesn\u2019t matter. Tyson Fury every time has a lot of speak but for me it doesn\u2019t matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

    But the unbeaten Ukrainian wasn\u2019t for moving when Fury put his head onto his when they faced off at the end of the media event and it needed security to separate them.<\/p>\n

    The clash will be the first time an undisputed champion is crowned in the heavyweight division since Lennox Lewis beat Evander Holyfield in 1999. Usyk added: \u201cI have no goal.<\/p>\n

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    \u201cOnly the way. And my way is \u2018The Undisputed.\u2019 That is why this was the only fight for me. When that bell rings, I will bring the fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Fury added: \u201cIt has been 24 years since we had an undisputed champion, we have had good champions like the Klitschkos, but they never did it.<\/p>\n

    \u201cBut we have been chosen and I am destined to become the undisputed champion and I will cement my legacy as the greatest fighter of this era.\u201d<\/p>\n