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“I expect the Fury fight to happen”

WHAT’S next for Oleksandr Usyk?

The next step is already taken. He is in Spain with his kids and with his family now, resting. That’s the most important thing – for him to get back, to recuperate the energy, to focus, to celebrate, to enjoy the moment of the victory that he deserved. You work that hard, you are obliged to get this celebration. Two of his sons stay in Spain [Usyk lives in Kiev, Ukraine], and that’s why he’s missed them so much. He’d been in training camp for so long – he needs this time with them.

You think it’s really, really dangerous [to live in Ukraine], but normal people who live in Ukraine, they get used to it. “Okay, so what if it is dangerous? So, what can I do about it? Should I be that concerned?” Probably not. “What should I do? I should relax and live my life.” We’ve already got used to this. I don’t mean it’s normal, but I mean that it is what it is. You can’t suffer of it, because we’ve suffered of

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