The Gypsy King suffered the first loss of his boxing career to the Ukrainian in the heavyweight unification bout and has once again suggested that he did enough to win the contest and thinks that having "too much fun" in the ring contributed to his defeat.

Fury told Furocity: "I've watched the fight back lots of times. Still got the same answer - I thought I won the fight and thought I'd done enough. Usyk knows that he didn't beat me.

"It was close enough. One judge had me winning by a round and one of them had him winning by a round and that was the final decision. I thought I boxed the head right off him for most of the rounds.

"The fight was actually a lot easier than I thought it would be, a lot easier. People say he's a hard man to hit, I was landing three or four-punch combinations, laughing at him.

"My problem in that fight was that I was probably having too much fun. It was probably too easy. At times it was too easy.

"It was like I was in there with a local amateur boxer and I was just enjoying it too much and messing around.

"I paid the ultimate price round in round nine when I got a 10-8 round and got clipped. That's what happens when you're having too much fun. But I enjoyed it."

Fury and Usyk are set to clash in a December rematch and the former world champion urged his rival to get fit after the effort that went into the first fight.

He said: "Get yourself well - I hear he's got a broken jaw and broken eye socket - and I'll see you in December for a Christmas extravaganza in Saudi Arabia. Get up!"