BEATING USYK? NO BIG DEAL

In a career of stunning comebacks and improbable victories, Fury says avenging his defeat against the champ tonight wouldn't be a huge shock

- CHRIS MCKENNA

TYSON FURY dismissed any notion that beating Oleksandr Usyk tonight would be his greatest achievement in the ring.

That's quite the statement when you think about it.

Because standing in front of Fury will be the man who ended his unbeaten run in May and became the best heavyweight of this era. At least for now.

Usyk, 37, is an undisputed champion at both cruiserweight and heavyweight with an unblemished record as a professional having also won every major honour as an amateur.

Yet Fury (above) can argue that beating Wladimir Klitschko when he was a huge underdog and ending that Ukrainian's almost decade-long dominance was a bigger moment. Or maybe pulverising Deontay Wilder twice after dropping 10 stone, overcoming addiction and an anti-doping ban could be in the mix for that honour given the context.