Tyson Fury: 'Olexandr Usyk is going to feel the anger and danger this time, I have a point to prove!'

Tyson Fury endured one of the worst outings of his career when Oleksandr Usyk rocked him in his first world heavyweight title fight.

In that ninth round the referee thought Fury was only being held by the ropes and counted him out.

But instead of seeing that moment of serious danger as a cause for concern, former champion Fury has drawn confidence from it.

“He threw his best shots. He had 10 shots on target, all on target, he never dropped me. So if he couldn't drop me when I was on Bambi's legs, God to be with him this time,” Fury said Sky Sports.

“I think he had the best shots to get me out of there and he didn't.

It is guaranteed that when they battle it out in the Riyadh Season event this weekend, live on Sky Sports box officeit turns the tables on Usik.

“Hit me with your best shot, I looked back at him and smiled and he will feel the anger and the danger this time, I have a point to prove,” Fury told the rival his

It is certain that the first fight in general was more punishing for the Ukrainians than it was for him.

“After the fight they said he had a broken front bone or a broken jaw. It had something to do with that,” he said.

“I didn't feel like I lost the fight then, I didn't feel like I lost the fight after looking back on it. So it is subject to people's opinions. Some thought he won, some thought I won.

“It was a close fight and that's what happens in close fights I guess. It could have gone either way.”

The count took Fury in the ninth round although he could have sent the decision forward to Usyk. Eliminating those mistakes, Fury contends, will turn the replay in his favor.

“Because it's (the count) towards the end of the fight I guess the judges would have to have seen that and banked on it a bit more than they would have if it hadn't happened,” he said. .

“More focus if anything. More laser focus and not clowning around as much. If I bring two things to the game it would be a little more successful. There are no big edges here. They just gave him with her point, (it could be) a split decision either way, draw, whatever.

“So there are no big things that we could easily change. But what about this one? How about I took that 10-8 away in round nine? It's no longer a draw, or a win by a point, it's a clear win.

“A little less fooling around and a little more focus, laser focus and I should get the job done. “

He welcomed the technical excellence of both fighters in their first meeting, especially for two heavyweights.

“I was hitting him with lead uppercuts at one stage, bang, lead uppercuts right, we never see a heavy throwing lead right, uppercuts. It's good, I liked it,” he said.

“Styles make for different fights. As we've seen over the years with Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield, the two fights they had were very close. And it's kind of like. It's going to be a tough little fight.

“Even as a boxing fan I watched it several times, it was swings and roundabouts both ways and both fighters were successful.