Oleksandr Usyk makes same sacrifice as Tyson Fury ahead of Daniel Dubois fight

Oleksandr Usyk didn't see his wife for three months ahead of his showdown with Daniel Dubois.

Usyk will take on Dubois for a second time this weekend when the rivals meet at Wembley for all four heavyweight titles. Usyk will be attempting to become the division's undisputed champion for the second time on Saturday night. And he sacrificed seeing wife Yekaterina as he trained in Spain for his meeting with the Brit.

"It’s always been very difficult but I always keep in mind that I have to be focused on training and I chose this path to be who I am now," he said. "Sometimes we have to give away things to get even better things. And sometimes it’s the people that are around us, that are closest to us, they pay the price for us.

"I’m always calling my wife early in the morning when our young daughter wakes up, she always wants to see her daddy. It’s always in the morning and evening, sometimes even in the lunchtime when there’s a break and I have time for it."

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Tyson Fury made an even bigger sacrifice before his second defeat by Usyk last December by not speaking to wife Paris at all for the three months before the first bell.

Usyk did have his sons in training camp as one of his boys prepared for a judo tournament. "They were there with me and then they left, they had been there for one week then one of them went to Spain to train for the Spanish championship. One stayed with me and then they came back again for two days and then they left again.

"It was a great performance (by his son). He took second place because he was just lacking experience for now."

Usyk won Olympic gold as an amateur and was the undisputed cruiserweight world champion before moving up to the sport's premier division. And he revealed he will fight just once more after Saturday night's sequel with Dubois.

"I will have two more fights, now and next," he added. But I’m not going to quit boxing forever. I’m going to be training younger boxers and giving them the experience I’ve gained. Maybe I’ll even become the coach."

One fight open to Usyk is a trilogy bout with Fury who recently reversed his decision to come out of retirement. Fury hung up his gloves in January. But asked about a third clash with the Brit, Usyk said: "I don’t know. Now my focus it’s only Daniel on Saturday."