{"id":529276,"date":"2026-03-11T14:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/529276\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T14:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:38:07","slug":"tyson-fury-admits-he-has-one-issue-with-fighting-usyk-again-as-ukrainian-calls-for-trilogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/529276\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury admits he has one issue with fighting Usyk again as Ukrainian calls for trilogy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tyson Fury<\/a> has doubled down on his desire to enter a trilogy showdown with Oleksandr Usyk<\/a>, but equally admits that he would be fighting an uphill battle.<\/p>\n

The 37-year-old will return to action against Arslanbek Makhmudov on April 11, headlining a Ring Magazine event at London\u2019s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium live on Netflix.<\/p>\n

This represents his first outing since losing to Usyk in December 2024, when the masterful Ukrainian defended his undisputed crown with a unanimous decision victory.<\/p>\n

Earlier that year, the pair had engaged in a far more dramatic encounter, with Fury losing a split decision<\/a> after suffering a ninth-round knockdown.<\/p>\n

But while many feel that Usyk deserved to emerge triumphant on both occasions, \u2018The Gypsy King\u2019 seemingly remains convinced that he was \u2018robbed\u2019 of two monumental victories.<\/p>\n

This, it seems, is partly why he announced his retirement<\/a> at the beginning of last year, referencing his two defeats to Usyk by saying \u201cDick Turpin wore a mask\u201d.<\/p>\n

Even now, while speaking with Gareth A Davis<\/a>,<\/p>\n

Fury cannot help but view a potential trilogy clash with a degree of scepticism, believing his opponent will get the decision regardless unless he knocks him out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want a third fight but, the thing is: I know if he stands up at the end of it, I\u2019m not going to get a decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, it\u2019s like you may as well give him the fight. Before we even box, give him the W [win] and just give me the money, because that\u2019s what\u2019s going to happen anyway \u2013 if I don\u2019t knock him out.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I could\u2019ve knocked him out, I would\u2019ve done already. He\u2019s a tough man and, every time he gets hurt, he can sort of nip and run away with his speed and agility.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo yeah, I\u2019m not going to get a decision; it\u2019s not going to be a fair result.\u201d<\/p>\n

Usyk, too, has expressed his interest in a third contest after outlining his ambition to fight at least three more times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

First, the 39-year-old must defend his WBC world heavyweight title against kickboxer Rico Verhoeven on May 23, before targeting the winner of Fabio Wardley vs Daniel Dubois, which takes place for Wardley\u2019s WBO world title on May 9.<\/p>\n

After that, Usyk has insisted that he would be eager to face Fury once again, having potentially reclaimed his undisputed crown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury has doubled down on his desire to enter a trilogy showdown with Oleksandr Usyk, but equally…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-529276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}