Tyson Fury has admitted that he finds boxing “addictive” and has acknowledged that his relationship with the sport has been “toxic” at points during his career.
The British heavyweight suffered the first professional defeat of his career when beaten by Oleksandr Usyk in May in their huge undisputed showdown.
But, he gets the chance for immediate revenge when they battle it out again in December and he’s aiming for redemption against the Ukrainian.
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Speaking to Queensberry Promotions he said: “I’ve been in love with boxing for such a long time – from being a little boy and I’m probably at the end of my career in the next few years.
“It’s been a love-hate relationship. It’s been toxic at times. When it’s good, it’s very good, and when it’s bad, it’s very toxic.
“So I’m in that relationship and I don’t just abandon things.
“I try and make things work and that’s where we are at the minute. We’ve been in this romantic relationship since I can remember, since I was a child, and now I am a fully grown adult with a family of my own. It’s like, ‘Do I abandon it, or do I not?’ I wanted to walk away a lot of times but it always drags me back.”
“It’s like a massive drug and an addiction. I know it’s an addiction and I’m an addictive person.
“Boxing is an addiction; it’s not my best friend. It abuses me. When I come in this gym, it abuses my body, my mind [and] my soul. But afterwards I feel like it takes me to ecstasy. The rush is unbelievable. It gives me the biggest highs ever, but it also gives me the lowest lows as well.
“Boxing is more addictive than any drug ever. Ever. You can’t let it go.
[I’m] counting down the days until I can get my redemption on Usyk. December 21 is going to be my time. I’ve done everything in boxing, but I ain’t come back from a loss. And I relish it, the chance to redeem myself GET UP. December 21 is all me – undisputed heavyweight here I come.”
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