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As the search continues to find an opponent for Tyson Fury’s next scheduled fight, the heavyweight contender and his team have been forced to perform some damage control.
The unfiltered Brit is no stranger to controversy, with hurling colorful insults practically a part of his daily routine. However, recent comments made in the direction of the World Boxing Council (WBC) managed to land Fury in hot water, as the unbeaten 27-year old took exception to recent developments in their heavyweight rankings.
“I’ve beaten everybody they put in front of me, but the WBC have done a little sly trick,” Fury alleged on Buncey’s Boxing Podcast earlier in the month. “[T[here were three people eligible to fight for the vacant WBC title. One of them was me because I beat Kevin Johnson in a WBC eliminator. Another one was Bermane Stiverne because he beat Chris Arreola in an eliminator. And Chris Arreola won a semi-final eliminator against Seth Mitchell.
“Instead of letting me fight Stiverne for the vacant WBC (title), they’ve only gone and put him against a man he’s already beaten in his last fight comfortably. So I don’t know what’s happening there; someone’s paying a lot of money to somebody. They’ve frozen me out there.”
The comments were made prior to Fury’s placement on the February 15 show at Copper Box Arena in London, England. The short-term plan is to get a win, having not fought since last April, and then proceeding towards a potential rematch with Dereck Chisora, who tops the bill versus Andriy Rudenko.
By the time all of that plays out, the winner of such a fight could be looking at a mandatory title shot versus whomever is crowned in the yet-to-be-scheduled vacant title fight rematch between Stiverne and Arreola. Cognizant of this fact, Fury took a moment to step back, gather his thoughts and make amends.
"I would like to apologize to the WBC for the comments I made and any implications that resulted from them," Fury said in a statement released through his press agent. "Through no fault of my own I have been unable to fight since April with fights in September and February [Writer’s note: both were scheduled versus David Haye, who withdrew due to injury on both occasions] being cancelled. The entire situation and inactivity has left me extremely frustrated.” [Click Here To Read More]
The unfiltered Brit is no stranger to controversy, with hurling colorful insults practically a part of his daily routine. However, recent comments made in the direction of the World Boxing Council (WBC) managed to land Fury in hot water, as the unbeaten 27-year old took exception to recent developments in their heavyweight rankings.
“I’ve beaten everybody they put in front of me, but the WBC have done a little sly trick,” Fury alleged on Buncey’s Boxing Podcast earlier in the month. “[T[here were three people eligible to fight for the vacant WBC title. One of them was me because I beat Kevin Johnson in a WBC eliminator. Another one was Bermane Stiverne because he beat Chris Arreola in an eliminator. And Chris Arreola won a semi-final eliminator against Seth Mitchell.
“Instead of letting me fight Stiverne for the vacant WBC (title), they’ve only gone and put him against a man he’s already beaten in his last fight comfortably. So I don’t know what’s happening there; someone’s paying a lot of money to somebody. They’ve frozen me out there.”
The comments were made prior to Fury’s placement on the February 15 show at Copper Box Arena in London, England. The short-term plan is to get a win, having not fought since last April, and then proceeding towards a potential rematch with Dereck Chisora, who tops the bill versus Andriy Rudenko.
By the time all of that plays out, the winner of such a fight could be looking at a mandatory title shot versus whomever is crowned in the yet-to-be-scheduled vacant title fight rematch between Stiverne and Arreola. Cognizant of this fact, Fury took a moment to step back, gather his thoughts and make amends.
"I would like to apologize to the WBC for the comments I made and any implications that resulted from them," Fury said in a statement released through his press agent. "Through no fault of my own I have been unable to fight since April with fights in September and February [Writer’s note: both were scheduled versus David Haye, who withdrew due to injury on both occasions] being cancelled. The entire situation and inactivity has left me extremely frustrated.” [Click Here To Read More]
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