Naseem Hamed spent some time talking to iFL TV about the upcoming rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury, after Fury took a loss in their first meeting. Here, Hamed says he doesn’t understand how anyone can dismiss Fury’s chances to win in their upcoming sequel and would love to see it happen.
“Fury vs Usyk, it’s going to be a good fight,” Hamed said. “I just would love to see Tyson Fury step up to the plate in a way like he’s never ever done and bring all them belts back home. That’s what I want to see. Nothing will make me more happier than seeing Tyson do that.
“I’ve always said ‘why is everybody just talking about his last fight? Why weren’t they talking about Tyson when he went and smashed up Wilder when nobody could smash Wilder, when Anthony Joshua won’t fight him?’ Why are we not talking about that, why is everyone forgetting that? Why are they forgetting every fight he had after that, that he just demolished everybody in that division for all them years and did it in his way.
“How can you take everything away, what he’s done in the sport and base it just on his last fight? Yeah, that ninth round was a crazy round, we know that. But you know what, he came through it, stood on his feet and went 12 rounds at the end of it.
“I seen him hitting Usyk with some serious uppercuts and hurting him, and can hurt him. So I feel he can (win the rematch).”