‘One of the greats’ - Ricky Hatton delivers Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk prediction

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Ricky Hatton has delivered his verdict on Tyson Fury’s upcoming undisputed heavyweight title fight with Oleksandr Usyk. It was announced last week that WBC heavyweight will face off with Usyk for all four belts in the division in Saudi Arabia as part of Riyadh season, with early indications that the fight could take place in December or January.

The clash between Fury and Usyk will crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis in 1999. Fury must first get through his crossover exhibition with former UFC champion Francis Ngannou on October 28, but fans’ attention has already begun to drift towards the dream matchup with Usyk.

The pair have been on a collision course ever since the Ukrainian defeated Anthony Joshua in 2021. Boxing legend Hatton is confident that Fury will define his career with a win over the former undisputed cruiserweight champion, given the ‘Gypsy King’s’ greater size and similar skillset.

However, ‘The Hitman’ does not regard the fight as a ‘foregone conclusion’ as Usyk poses a different type of test than Fury’s most recent opponents. READ MORE: Tyson Fury net worth and purse revealed for Francis Ngannou and Oleksandr Usyk fights READ MORE: KSI names ‘only reason’ for Tommy Fury fight and plots Jake Paul’s next move “Fury has fought your Dillian Whytes, your Deontay Wilders and with no disrespect intended, the big lump heavyweights who can stand there and have it,” Hatton told Mighty Tips. “[Usyk] is the smaller man but what Tyson needs to do to adapt from his fights with Whyte, Wilder and his fight in Saudi Arabia. “All he has fought is big lumps and all of sudden he’s got a smaller man who might be a little bit nippy in and out and probably causes another problem that