Unified World Heavyweight Champion Alexander Usik shared his thoughts on what could have caused him to receive Tyson Fury cuts during training sparring.
The fight between the Ukrainian and the British was supposed to take place on February 17, but due to the latterās injury it was postponed to May 18.
āIĀ canāt judge a person. He has a cut, this happens in training camp. It seems to me that maybe some people are just cocky about their defense. I mean helmets, gloves, the procedures that we do before sparring, that is, applying Vaseline to the eyebrows or to the face in order to soften the skin.
There are some things boxers do before every sparring session to protect their face. I repeat once again: these are protective helmets, these are gloves for sparring partners. They are a little bigger than the ones we box in. We box with 10-ounce gloves, and I train with 20-ounce gloves. And sparring partners also train with the same gloves.
It seems to me that someone is just being cocky about this. And this leads to some small problems, thatās all,ā Usyk said during a live broadcast on Instagram.
