Mike Tyson makes Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk rematch prediction

Former undisputed heavyweight world champion has tipped to get his revenge in the rematch with rival .

The two heavyweight giants are expected to go head-to-head once again in an . 'The Gypsy King' was in what was the first defeat of his professional career. The win over the Brit saw the Ukrainian become the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis back in 1999.

While one judge believed the Brit did enough to win the fight, the other two scored the clash in favour of the Ukrainian star. Fury's best moments in the contest arguably came at the halfway point as the 36-year-old was finding a lot of success with shots to Usyk's body. However, momentum shifted from round eight - with Usyk being able to find a bit of rhythm and dictate the fight for the final few rounds.

Recently, the two-time heavyweight champion In an interview with , he said: "I've not got any excuses. I thought I did absolutely fantastic. I give myself a 10/10 rating. I thought it was my best performance in the last six or seven years."

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Many within the community have already offered their verdict on how they think the upcoming heavyweight fight will play out. One man who has recently shared their thoughts on the sequel is Tyson - a former champion in the division. The 58-year-old has backed 'The Gypsy King' to level the series in December. , 'Iron Mike' said: “Usyk is the best heavyweight in the world at the moment. But I’m going for Fury to beat him. Why? Because I’m a fan. Because his father gave him my name. I’m not abandoning him now.”

Following the first fight, many have called for Tyson to remove his father ahead of the sequel. John was in his son's corner back in May and received a lot of criticism for his advice in the closing stages of the heavyweight brawl. That said, despite all the critics, 'The Gypsy King' has revealed he'll be making no changes.

ahead of the release of the new boxing game, 'Undisputed,' last month, Fury was asked how much time he's spending about the plan tactically for the second fight with Usyk. "Not much time," he said. "I know what I've got to do, nothing drastic. People can say 'I want to change trainers or I'll blame it on me conditioning coach or I'll blame it on the cook or I'll blame it on the mouse next door.' Same team, same everything. I know what I've got to do."

He added: "I thought I won the fight last time. I give him, me boxing all my life and watching boxing me whole career, I give him rounds eight, nine and ten, and round nine was a 10-8. So that's what I give him out of the fight, but obviously the judges saw it a bit different, couple of them did. One of them had me winning. That's what it was. It was as close as it can be."