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Fury vs Usyk 2 LIVE weigh-in: Follow text updates from heavyweights on the scale in Riyadh
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Fury vs Usyk 2 LIVE weigh-in: Follow text updates from heavyweights on the scale in Riyadh

“I don’t think about inheritance”published at 6:50 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time

Usyk vs. Fury 2

WBA (Super), WBC and WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is rightly considered one of the best boxers of this generation. However, like most of us, he sometimes struggles with motivation.

“My phone alarm says ‘Hey, Oleksandr, wake up, it’s training time at five in the morning’,” Usyk told BBC Sport.

But at 37, Usyk may not have many years left in the ring or at the highest level and the Ukrainian is doing everything he can to make the most of his chance.

“God gave me the opportunity but God told me ‘you must work, you must not rest,'” Usyk said.

“For me, I don’t think about inheritance. For me, it’s important, it’s my chance once again to say ‘listen, if you work, it’s possible’.”