Credit: Gettyis also an avid fan of the sport and after studying it since he was a child, he believes history is on his side in his scrap with Usyk.
The WBC heavyweight titleholder interrupted his press event to give fans a history lesson and eloquently explain why his next opponent will suffer the same fate as previous cruiserweights who have fought boxing’s best big men.“We have weight divisions for a reason. Me being an encyclopaedia on boxing, I’ve studied every heavyweight and cruiserweight that has ever lived. When the cruiserweights step up to the big boys they usually get found wanting.
“Even the greatest cruiserweight who has ever lived, Evander Holyfield, when he stepped up to the big boys in ‘Big Daddy’ Bowe and Lennox Lewis, he was found wanting. “You can beat the average big ones, but you can’t beat the really elite big ones because size really matters and we have weight divisions for a reason.“Even if you look at David Haye, he was an explosive cruiserweight and good heavyweight. When he fought average heavyweights he could beat them, but when he stepped up to the big boy in Klitschko it wasn’t really a contest.
“Let’s use Johnny Nelson as an example, he was undefeated at cruiserweight but every time he stepped up to heavyweight he got bashed."If anyone wants to go check my boxing history, go do it. I’ve studied this game my whole life and you can not prove me wrong.Fury gives history lesson as he predicts Usyk will suffer same fate as Holyfield and Haye