There are two huge fights on the horizon for boxing once winter rolls around.
The first is the much talked about inter-generational coming together of a former heavyweight legend and a new school disrupter.
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Mike Tyson hasn’t fought in anger for some 20 years but will be lacing up the gloves aged almost 60 for a professional bout against YouTuber turned 11-0 boxer Jake Paul in November.
Opinion is divided as to whether the younger man should be concerned for this safety up against a once notoriously savage puncher in Tyson, or whether it is the veteran who has often been seen walking with a stick due to sciatica who should be worried.
The other headline-grabbing bout is Oleksandr Usyk’s rematch with Tyson Fury seven months after the Ukrainian defeated the Brit in the first undisputed heavyweight showdown in almost 25 years back in May.
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After the fight which Fury narrowly lost on points after taking a 10 count in round nine, he claimed that the contest was ‘too easy’ and that he was having too much fun ring in the ring and that he therefore took his eye off the ball.
Ahead of that much-anticipated rematch out in Saudi Arabia and speaking to Boxing King Media, ‘The Baddest Man on the Planet’ said ‘The Gypsy King’ can avenge his only career defeat and had one clear instruction on what he must do to be victorious next time.
“Take it serious.”
After some controversy surrounding the corner work from Fury’s team in the first fight, Teddy Atlas has insisted things should remain unchanged in the rematch.
