Comments Thread For: Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk Undisputed Heavyweight Championship Rescheduled For May 18

[Liondw]

That's not good news for Fury, if that cut is as bad as shown.

[dan-b]

Now he believes if one pulls out then they will pay the other 10M from their own money.

Admittedly I've only read quotes rather than listen to him, but I interpreted that as the £10mil coming from him (i.e. Turki).

[Toffee]

Well, you can only assume that Turki is a liar.

Or he's mental. He's a strange guy.

[Toffee]

Admittedly I've only read quotes rather than listen to him, but I interpreted that as the £10mil coming from him (i.e. Turki).

He confirmed in the interview that the money comes "from their own money". The interviewer pressed him on that point.

[dan-b]

Or he's mental. He's a strange guy.

They all are. Apparently the Crown Prince has observable ticks and is socially awkward.

[landotter]

WBC needs to make Fury Champ in recess and let the division move on.

WBC gave Charlo like a decade to just sit and chill, drinking frozen drinks and enjoying the night life. Tyson Fury is one of the biggest draws, good or bad, in boxing. There is ZERO chance they would do that. This is the same "moral" organization that outright refused to sanction the Beterbiev-Bivol unification because of the war until the Saudi Oil money got involved, then they were oh so open minded all of a sudden. They are the most un-funny punchline of all the sanctioning organizations, and that is saying something as low as that bar is.

[pollywog]

Nothing can be confirmed. All you need to do is find some training footage you have where you could could have got cut and the camera is not close and you can say that it happened there. I've seen the footage and it is blurry as hell. Fury is known for lying in every situation. We all called this before it happened too.

Id believe them!

Saudis have form when it comes to watching guys get cut...

[Toffee]

Aparently this date is the last deadline the IBF will allow them before the winner is stripped.

That's what Turkiye suggested.

Two weeks out from the fight I still wasn't convinced it would go ahead. Because Fury is unpredictable and things can go wrong with him. The day before the cut I posted on here that I wouldn't be hitting the buy button on the PPV just yet. And that was with only two weeks to go.

Now we've got over 3 months for something to go wrong. And with Fury, there's an incredible chance that something will go wrong. It happens too often to suggest it's just bad luck. Plus no-one is saying they've chosen that date because Fury will be ready - they've chosen it because it's the last date possible. Fury may not be ready.

As for the cut, I'm inclined to agree with Froch - that looked a really sloppy spar two weeks from a fight this big. It wasn't just bad luck, it was crap preparation. He got himself split by a little fella because they were having a scrappy spar. And that's without considering conspiracies, which I'd never rule out with Fury. There's nothing I'd put past him.

3 months out - I don't think the fight happens.

[Toffee]

Id believe them!

Saudis have form when it comes to watching guys get cut...

I wonder if that sparring partner still has a decent left hand. He might not have a left hand at all.

[landotter]

I mean win or lose, favorite or under dog, Usyk will be ready. I am SO GLAD he did not take a fight to replace Fury. This is the legacy tussle both fighters need. I think it is a telling moment that Fury was physically there. Shows me Fury is serious, and that this cut may have just been something that happened because of carelessness in training and not to dodge out.

Could it have been as some posters are saying that Fury used it to get more time to prepare because he was still not in great shape? Maybe. But so long as the fight happens I do not care. End the excuses. Give us fans the freaking unification we have been denied since Joshua and Wilder were undefeated and playing the blame games with each other.