Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk preview the face off between the in February for a World Heavyweight Title unification bout in Saudi Arabia
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00:00 poor my son thank you Spencer let's bring in aegis kleemans aegis a big
00:06 moment in the career the mountaintop moment potentially of Oleksandr Usyk
00:10 tell us what you're thinking about this fight good evening everybody pleasure to
00:17 be here in London first of all I wanted to thank his excellency to making things
00:23 what he does in boxing and second what I wanted to say this is the easiest fight
00:29 I ever made in my career one day I got a phone call from Tyson's friend Tim and
00:38 Tim said to me I guess Tyson wants this fight and I said Alexander was his fight
00:45 as well and I then he says let me pass your number to the manager of Tyson and
00:52 I think if you two gonna get in the room the fight is gonna be made next thing I
00:59 have a phone call from Spencer and he asked me to fly to New York next morning
01:07 I already was in New York we got in the room Spencer dr. Akan myself and about
01:15 in the one hour of our talk we left the room with a handshake and the fight was
01:20 made that's what we are here looking forward for these two guys to bring a
01:29 firework in the ring to bring to the fence one of the greatest biggest fight
01:33 in a history was made and I'm so proud to be involved in this kind of a fight I
01:40 wanted to thank my man Alexander for what he does again his excellency
01:46 beautiful country Saudi Arabia will see you on February 17th thank you
01:53 egus claim us let's bring in the unified world heavyweight champion
01:58 Alexander who sick Alexander I have heard you talk about absolute undisputed
02:03 becoming undisputed world heavyweight champion for so long now the moment has
02:08 arrived tell us what you're thinking Alexander
02:14 you have me over it on least Colliery says casual man least cash in a tucker
02:19 on a yaki hocho my English is not sufficient enough not as good enough as
02:24 I wanted to be so I will start in Ukrainian please Alex mini the pomoja
02:29 Alex will help me I could just cause I'll tell us cause I don't know if
02:33 story you got those of course I know not just I said them I want to tell one
02:37 story which looks very similar to our story with Tyson
02:41 prodigy da he got a half a boat David and goliath
02:44 Kuligos point dust mini you have rookie Toya's ruble swirled bottom when the Lord
02:50 gives me Tyson in my hands I will make my job impossible the Lord would never
03:02 deliver me to you son ever ever never the Lord has nothing impossible
03:11 nothing's impossible but he'd never deliver me to you especially mom wearing
03:16 earrings ever believe that when you sleep at night ugly man you gotta think
03:22 of me for the next eight weeks think of me cuz I'm gonna punch your face in
03:28 Alexander you do you have any response to these comments what the Tyson saying
03:34 no response okay no comment listen listen Tyson you have written many pages
03:44 in heavyweight history so far chance to write another one undisputed please take
03:49 the floor I'm getting a little bit carried away yeah I'm excited and I'm
03:52 enjoying it so before us kick off even more I want to say big thank you to
03:57 Turkey I'll shake the pony on it was only a few well last year all these
04:02 boxing fights seemed impossible to make and Turkey I'll shake his excellency has
04:06 made them all in five minutes it seems like that so yeah Kingdom of Saudi
04:11 Arabia you talk you don't Turkey I'll shake yeah back to this look I've been
04:18 in many many heavyweight title fights before it is what it is and now is the
04:24 most important one you know me and Alexander both undefeated he's a
04:28 champion I'm a champion and it's gonna be one of the fights for the ages you
04:32 know it's been someone told me the other day it's been 24 years since we had a
04:36 last undisputed world heavyweight champion now we know that the both
04:39 clitch goes was champions run about 10 years so there's been another 14 years
04:43 where all the heavyweights couldn't do it so we've been chosen and I believe
04:48 we're both destined to be here to be in this fight in Saudi Arabia the Ring of
04:52 Fire and it's only one winner and I'm destined to become the undisputed
04:57 champion and more than that I'm destined to cement my legacy as the number one
05:02 fighter in this era and to do that I've got beat this little man and that's it
05:07 simple us easier said than done I understand is a tricky man good boxer
05:12 slick all of that but listen I've seen many many people like him before and
05:18 when they fight the big men they struggle and he's gonna struggle on
05:22 February 17th and he will lose I will break him for sure
05:26 Tyson you've referred to him as a middleweight before you've talked about
05:30 his size but he was big enough to beat Derek Chisora Daniel Dubois and Anthony
05:36 Joshua why is he not big enough to beat Tyson Fury because they're all bums
05:41 that's probably it for never mind the size he is a middleweight boxer 75 kilo
05:49 but it's not a size of the dog in the fight it's the size of the fight in the
05:53 dog and obviously he's got a big fight inside of him but when you meet a big
05:56 man who's a lot bigger than you he's also got the fight inside of you let's just
06:00 put it in a nutshell you're fucked and that's it
06:04 Alexander what do you think when Tyson Fury calls you a middleweight and he
06:08 talks to you like this what do you think
06:12 maybe it's true I don't know you've amazed doesn't matter you know Tyson
06:32 Fury every time a lot of speak but for me it doesn't matter
06:38 Alexander you have faced off with Tyson Fury a couple of times now now after the
06:43 Derek Chisora fight he was in your face he was very loud he said a few things
06:47 then after the Francis Ngannou fight it was a bit more quiet have you taken
06:51 anything from these face-offs when you've looked into his eyes
06:55 [Russian]
06:57 [Russian]
06:59 [speaking in Russian]
07:07 [speaking in Russian]
07:08 [speaking in Russian]
07:16 [speaking in Russian]
07:27 The first time I made the face-off with Tyson
07:30 after Tijzora fight,
07:31 he was very motivated,
07:33 with high energy, with high spirits.
07:37 [speaking in Russian]
07:40 The last time, he was exhausted.
07:45 Well, Tyson, let me bring you in here.
07:46 Is this the biggest threat you've faced so far?
07:49 Nowhere near.
07:50 Easy fight.
07:52 Nowhere near the biggest threat.
07:54 He's a boxer.
07:55 We know he's a slick boxer, Sao Paolo.
07:58 He ain't the biggest puncher in the world,
08:00 and he's not the biggest, strongest man in the world,
08:02 so, listen, I can outbox him.
08:04 I can get in the front foot and slaughter him.
08:06 There's plenty of ways that I can skin this cat,
08:08 but we'll find out on the night, and, listen,
08:11 obviously, it's a no contest
08:12 when we're up here talking shite,
08:14 because I'm speaking to meself,
08:15 and they're conferring amongst each other,
08:17 and yada, yada, yada,
08:18 but we're not here to talk.
08:20 It's not a talking contest, because it's just not.
08:23 It's a boxing match, and on February 17th,
08:25 all the talking's out the window.
08:27 Nothing matters what you've said or what I've said.
08:29 It comes down to who's gonna win the fight,
08:32 and that's what pay-per-view's for,
08:34 and that's what these boxing fights are for, is it not?
08:36 For people to tune in and watch
08:37 who's gonna fucking win the fight, and that's it.
08:40 There's nothing more to be said.
08:41 He thinks he's gonna win, maybe.
08:43 I think I know I'm gonna win, and that's it.
08:46 There's nothing more anyone can say.
08:49 That's it. There's not much more to be said, is there?
08:51 - There's not. I've got one more for you, though.
08:53 After his fight with Daniel Dubois...
08:55 - Yeah?
08:56 - You said that he quit in that fight.
08:57 - I did think so, yes.
08:59 - Talk to us about that.
09:00 - I think he got hit in the body,
09:01 a good body shot,
09:02 and he didn't want to get up for five minutes.
09:04 So, yeah, there you have it.
09:07 - Alexander, any response to that?
09:09 - Cheers, man.
09:23 - I have...
09:24 I absolutely don't care of what Tyson thinks of that.
09:28 - Thank you, Alexander Rusik.
09:34 I think that...
09:35 - Well, here's the question, then.
09:36 Did you get hit low or not?
09:38 - Did he get hit low?
09:39 - I've watched boxing all my life,
09:43 and I think it was low throw.
09:44 It was on the belt.
09:45 So, yeah, there you are.
09:47 Crawling around the floor like an old bitch,
09:49 crying to the referee.
09:50 - You're not gonna win.
09:51 You're not gonna win, you're not gonna win.
09:53 - That's what he did.
09:55 That's what he'll do again on February 17th,
09:58 when he gets busted up,
09:59 has to face the world all over the ring.
10:02 - If he crawls and lands on the floor,
10:05 like a little sausage, what he is.
10:06 - Tyson, your interpretation is not precise.
10:07 - And his two boys next to him will be all making excuses.
10:10 "Oh, yada-yada, he was too big, he's only a cruiserweight."
10:13 Yada-yada-yada, you know the score.
10:15 Same old shit.
10:16 Is there anything else?
10:20 - Thank you. Thank you very much.
10:22 Mayer all night.
10:23 - Thank you very much, Tyson.
10:25 Thank you, everyone at this table.
10:27 Frank, I'm just gonna come to you here
10:29 to close up this press conference here today.
10:32 It's whet the appetite.
10:34 We've got an undisputed fight.
10:36 Talk to us.
10:37 Final thoughts.
10:38 - It's simply history.
10:40 It's history.
10:42 On the 17th of February,
10:43 we are, for the first time this century,
10:45 going to-- - We all get what we want!
10:47 - Exactly.
10:48 You get what you want, what you've been asking for,
10:50 and we will have a unified heavyweight champion
10:54 in Riyadh, in Riyadh season.
10:57 It will be a fantastic night for boxing,
11:00 'cause we'll see who is the best heavyweight on the planet
11:03 who's sitting next to me.
11:05 - Thank you very much, Frank.
11:07 - Frank, here's a question for you.
11:09 I thought I was afraid to fight him.
11:11 - How long we been trying to make this fight?
11:14 - I don't know, but what happened to all the chat
11:16 of me being afraid and I was a chicken
11:17 and I was a shithouse
11:18 and I won't fight Alexander Usyk
11:20 and he's a killer and all that?
11:21 What happened to that?
11:22 - Well, we signed for it last year
11:23 and it didn't happen, not down to you.
11:25 - I know, but like, all of this talk,
11:27 "Tyson's scared of Alexander, he doesn't want to fight."
11:31 What we doing here now, then?
11:32 - Well, we're here and it's gonna happen.
11:35 And on the 17th, they're gonna, you know--
11:38 Look, history, as I say, will be made.
11:41 - Tyson, the problem is that today is not February 17th
11:45 and the fight is not happening yet.
11:47 - Yes, it's happening.
11:48 - We will pray.
11:49 - Unless your man pulls out, it's not happening.
11:52 The only person who can pull out is you guys.
11:54 - You give your word.
11:55 - I'll just say one thing, and this is a fact.
11:58 The last time we signed for this fight,
12:00 which was last year, you pulled out.
12:03 Yeah? - Yep.
12:05 - So now we got it on now and you can't pull out twice.
12:08 And we won't pull out.
12:09 I know you're not gonna pull out.
12:10 And we, Tyson certainly isn't.
12:13 This fight is on.
12:14 All we gotta focus on is what will happen on that night.
12:18 - We'll find out, Frank, won't we?
12:20 - We will find out. - Cliffhanger.
12:21 - It will be-- - What's gonna happen?
12:23 - It's gonna be a magnificent occasion for boxing.
12:25 I promise you.
12:26 It's gonna be a great, great night for boxing.
12:29 - Thank you, thank you, gentlemen.
12:32 On February 17th, only one man will be able to walk this earth
12:35 as the undisputed-- - Tyson Fury.
12:37 - World heavyweight champion, Spencer Brownson.
12:39 - Tyson Fury.
12:41 And thanks, Turkey.
12:43 - And Turkey Alashake as well, 'cause you're the man behind this
12:45 and you made it all happen.
12:47 Simple as that.
12:49 Well done, Turkey.
12:50 - Get up there, my boy, Turkey.
12:52 - We're actually gonna do a face-off down the front now.
12:54 We're gonna welcome His Excellency,
12:55 Chairman of the General Entertainment Authority,
12:58 Turkey Alashake, to the stage.
13:01 Thank you.
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13:13 - No, no, no, table's fine.
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14:41 - Hey, how are ya?
14:42 - How are you? - How are you, son?
14:44 - You okay? - Good to see you.
14:46 - Nice to see you.
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14:50 - Who knew?
14:51 - I know.
14:52 - I got the gold plate.
14:53 [laughing]
14:54 - Oh, yeah?
14:55 - So, players, come in,
14:57 and then face the cameras first, please.
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16:29 Everard, Mears, Dorsets.
16:31 Everard, Mears, Dorsets.
16:33 Hello.
16:34 How are you, OK?
17:01 Nice to see you.
17:02 What's up?
17:03 You all right?
17:05 Yeah, I'm fine.
17:06 Come on, get in.
17:07 Security.
17:10 Can we move up?
17:11 You don't know.
17:12 Get that for me.
17:13 Thank you.
17:30 Thank you.
17:31 We're getting it, we're getting it now.
17:39 This is it!
17:41 17 will be tough.
17:42 This is it!
17:43 OK.
17:45 You good?
17:50 You all right?
17:52 Yeah.
17:53 Let's go.
17:54 Let's go, rest!
18:18 Down, Zee.
18:19 Down, Zee!
18:25 Down, Zee!
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