Fury vs. Usyk Pre-Fight Quotes – Who Wins?

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk exchanged numerous verbals during the build-up, including their camps. 

One fighter will become the best, becoming the first Undisputed Heavyweight Champion since 1999. Lennox Lewis was the last man to do it, beating Evander Holyfield to go down in history. Fury and Usyk are undefeated, with both having different styles. Fury is the bigger fighter, who has become a front-foot boxer since teaming up with SugarHill Steward.

He is the heavier and bigger fighter, with many believing his size will overpower Usyk. The Ukrainian is the slicker boxer with an excellent boxing IQ and footwork to match. While Fury is known for being a master of mind games, Uysk has remained unflustered. Both camps have done everything they can to get in the other’s head. But their hands will do the talking regardless of what they say. 

Fury vs. Usyk

“You’re fighting the greatest British heavyweight that’s ever been. You’ve beat all the rest of them but you haven’t met Tyson Fury yet, you sausage! Ugly little man. You know what’s coming, you’re getting smashed.

“Oleksandr Usyk is a great fighter – Olympic gold medallist, cruiserweight world champion, heavyweight world champion. But unfortunately for him he’s coming up against the great Tyson Fury – in the era of me.

“Even if he had 20 million people screaming his name, they cannot fight for him on the night. When there are two men in there on the night it’s going to be very daunting when he’s got the undertaker in the ring with him. I’m coming for you sucker,” Tyson Fury

“I feel good. I’m very happy to be here. Saturday is a special day because I will have the opportunity to become undisputed for a second time. It’s great. It’s very good for me. [And] it’s very important for my country. I like that. I have a plan. It’s a better plan. And it’s a great plan. I really appreciate the support from my fans and Ukrainian soldiers. I love my fans,” Usyk

Fury’s Team

“I’m more confident than I’ve ever been. More than the Wilder fight because Wilder brought an element of danger. We’re not deluded that if Usyk hits you on the chin, set up, and loaded up, he’s going to knock you out. I’m just confident. I can see it being a demolish job easy fight,” Shane Fury

“We’ve got a lot of admiration for them but, come Saturday, it all goes out of the window. We have already butted heads with his team and it looks like they will but heads on Saturday night. Let me tell you, they have got a mountain to climb. The Fury army is here and you will see us take the belts on Saturday night,” Spencer Brown

“Usyk has done everything as an Olympian [winning gold at London 2012], been the best cruiserweight of his generation and a heavyweight for over four years. Tyson is a big guy [at 6ft 9in] but so is AJ [Anthony Joshua]. Usyk outjabbed him from the outside [and beat Joshua clearly in 2021 and 2022].

“But he’s now in with Tyson, a guy who is not carved out of marble, who is a bit flabby. But nobody has more natural stamina or more natural boxing ability than Tyson. He’s got a fantastic boxing brain and his speed is unbelievable for a guy that big. He’s a phenomenon,” Frank Warren

Usyk’s Team

“All has been done, all has been accomplished, all has been spoken. There is only one assignment left, to pick up this green belt and take it back home to Ukraine, the country it belongs to. Full stop. If you will allow me, I’ve got one short message for Tyson and his team, not to take it too close to the heart on Saturday night and Sunday morning,” Alex Krassyuk

“I called Tyson a coward, what I meant by that, I didn’t mean he’s scared, like he’s scared to fight Usyk. He cannot. He’s a professional fighter. He’s been in the ring so many times. But he’s scared to lose to Oleksandr Usyk, this is what his fear is,” Egis Klimas