Tyson Fury has only lost one fight in his career, but it was the most important one.

‘The Gypsy King’ long claimed he was the best man in the banner division and that no one would be able to beat him, not least a ‘middleweight’ who could come up through the ranks.

That ‘middleweight’ however was Oleksandr Usyk, the undisputed cruiserweight champion who moved up to heavyweight and asserted himself with wins over Derek Chisora, back-to-back victories over Anthony Joshua to become a unified champion, and Daniel Dubois who he successfully defended his three world titles against last August.

When Fury and Usyk came together back in May, it did prove to be a close fight but one that Usyk narrowly won on points to become the undisputed king.

The boxers are set to do it again in December and speaking on his own Froch of Fighting, former super-middleweight champion Carl Foch believes Fury should ‘turn it in’ if he can’t get revenge against the Ukrainian.

“If Tyson Fury loses to Usyk again after having a bit of a time out to get over the defeat then have a really good training camp.

At 36, he struggles to do the weight, slowing down, all the stats are leaning towards Fury starting to be past his best, if he gets back in there and earns another 50 million quid or whatever, and he gets beat, he’s not going to fight again is he. He doesn’t need the money, and doesn’t need to get punched in the head.

Spend some time with your family and turn it in. If he loses to Usyk I think that will be the last we see of Tyson Fury, he’s had a fantastic career and he’s been great for the sport but he’s been beat up twice by the main man.”

Despite some criticism of his corner in the last fight, Fury has stated he will retain the same team for the rematch in December when he hopes to avenge the one loss on his record.