Tony Bellew 30-2-1 (20) insists he has no fear of undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk 15-0 (11) ahead of his audacious bid to lift the 200-pound world championship crown from the undefeated Ukrainian in November.
The pair will clash for the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO cruiserweight titles at Manchester Arena on November 10 live on Sky Sports Box Office.
“The only thing I can say is – out of all the opponents he’s faced, I am the only one who when he looks into my eyes, I will not be in awe of him. I have no fear of him,” Bellew, 35, said in an interview with Sky Sports.
“I have 100 per cent belief that I’m going to take him apart. Out of all the guys he’s faced, none of the other guys believed that. They just don’t believe it, and I’m crazy enough to believe it.”
The 31-year-old Usyk, an Olympic gold medallist, emerged from the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) with the Muhammad Ali Trophy and all four world title belts in his possession. He is the clear number one in the cruiserweight division.
“I have more knockouts than Oleksandr Usyk has fights,” said Bellew. “While Oleksandr Usyk is a former amateur world champion, a former Olympic gold medallist, a current world champion, a current undisputed world champion, there are still some things that he hasn’t experienced in the professional ranks.
“There are some things that he’s going to experience in the first round when he faces me. We’ll just see how it plays out.
“Has Oleksandr Usyk ever had to get up from a knockdown? Has Oleksandr Usyk ever had to come through a horrendous cut?
“He has had to come back from being behind on points, to be fair, because I had him behind in the [Mairis] Briedis fight. He was down four-two on the cards after six rounds against Mairis Briedis, but he found a way back, and mainly because Mairis Briedis took his foot off the gas and tired rapidly.
“But there’s a reason why he tired rapidly. These guys don’t look at the fight game and the boxing world in the same way as I do.”
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