Mike Tyson thinks Tyson Fury will beat Oleksandr Usyk when they clash for the undisputed world championship this weekend.
The two best heavyweights in boxing will battle it out for the WBC, WBA, WBO, and IBF belts at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday night.
Opinions are split on who will win the fight and become the first-ever four-belt heavyweight champion, but ‘Iron Mike’ is backing his namesake to emerge victoriously.
“I look forward to that fight,” Tyson told FightHype.
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“That is going to be an interesting fight. I’m going towards Tyson Fury because I think he’s just going to overpower him. He’s going to catch up with him and overpower him.
“I got to go with Fury. I think he’s the best fighter in the world, especially in the heavyweight division.”
Fury had a poor performance in his last fight against Francis Ngannou.
The former UFC heavyweight champion should have been easy work for ‘The Gypsy King’ as he made his boxing debut when they fought last October.
However, he ended up dropping Fury before coming away with a contentious split decision defeat that aged badly as Anthony Joshua easily knocked out Ngannou earlier this year.
The heavyweight legend isn’t paying too much attention to Fury’s last showing.
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He added: “Great fighters lose, great fighters look bad, that doesn’t stop them from being great fighters.
“He made that night a great night. He gave Francis [Ngannou] the opportunity, and that was just a bad night at the office for him.
“We all have bad nights, and listen, that was his bad night.”
Tyson would usually be sitting in the front row for a bout like this, but it’s currently unclear if he will make the trip for Fury vs Usyk.
Amazingly, the 57-year-old has a big fight of his own coming up this summer.
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