mentally

"He just exhausts you, as much mentally and emotionally as physically. But he has backed it up at every level he has stepped up to."

Asked if the Englishman had changed mentally, Usyk replied: "Mentally no, push is a weakness."

"I love being a fighter. I love training. I love competing. I love testing myself mentally and physically," he says.

"First two, I wasn't really there mentally," he said, "but I was really proud and so lifted by the performances."

He lost around 40% of his blood and had emergency surgery, with the perpetrator later declared mentally unfit to stand trial.