Why Oleksander Usyk is confident he’ll beat Tyson Fury

Ukrainian southpaw Oleksander Usyk was sure he posed a threat to WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. The WBA, WBO, and IBF heavyweight titleholder said few things that encouraged him ahead of the faceoff.

Both men will bang gloves on February 17 at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to give boxing fans an undisputed world heavyweight champion. Many reasonably assume that Fury’s weight might be a deciding factor when both men meet to dance around, but Usyk said it would not be so.

My father got to see me win [the Gold Medal], and