WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has mentioned Oleksandr Usyk doesn’t want to fight him this year, including he is “not going to wait around” and will announce a fight next week.
It had been hoped that an undisputed heavyweight world championship conflict between the pair could possibly be organized for this year, with Fury having set a September 1 deadline for the fight to be made.
When that day got here and handed, Fury took to Twitter a day later and mentioned the WBO, WBA and IBF champion was “running, hiding”, mockingly labelling him a “middleweight”.
Tyson Fury – who had beforehand introduced he’s retired from boxing – had set a deadline of September 1 for his unification fight with Oleksandr Usyk to be made. Credit: @Tyson_Fury
On Saturday, when concerned in the primary occasion at WWE’s ‘Clash on the Castle’ in Cardiff, Fury mentioned: “Usyk was calling me out after his last fight with [Anthony] Joshua, I’ve replied and said let’s do the fight this year, wherever they want to do it.
“I’ve been ready for presents from international locations to come back ahead, and all of a sudden Usyk has said he doesn’t want to fight any extra, he needs to fight next year, not this year.
“So I’m not going to wait around for anybody, I’m announcing a fight next week.”
Johnny Nelson and Carl Froch give their ideas on why they assume Tyson Fury would beat Oleksandr Usyk
In attendance on the Principality Stadium for the WWE’s first UK stadium present since 1992, Fury acquired concerned within the headline conflict between Undisputed Universal Champion Roman Reigns and Scottish star Drew McIntyre.
When Austin Theory tried to capitalise on the brutal contest by cashing in his ‘cash within the financial institution’ contract on the champion, Fury emerged to flooring the 25-year-old with a large proper hand.
Reigns would go on to pin McIntyre, with Fury coming into the ring to congratulate the champion earlier than commiserating
with McIntyre. The pair then introduced the present to a shut with a music as Fury belted out his trademark ‘American Pie’.
Asked if he would ever take into account becoming a member of WWE full-time, Fury mentioned: “At the moment I’m a heavyweight world champion, and I have plenty of fights I have to take care of over the next few years.
“But I actually, actually have a ardour for WWE. Never say by no means.”
Usyk: Fury wants undisputed fight with me
Usyk had himself called out Fury on Friday, saying he does want to face him in an undisputed heavyweight world championship clash and labelling his talk of retirement as “simply a recreation”.
Usyk told Sky Sports via an interpreter: “He needs to fight towards me. He needs folks to speak about him.
“He hasn’t retired but, it is simply a recreation – ‘I’m leaving boxing’, ‘I’m coming again’. He nonetheless needs to earn cash.
Oleksandr Usyk says he has created historical past after beating Anthony Joshua once more and is satisfied that Tyson Fury isn’t retired and needs to fight him
“All the fanciful comments against me, he probably thinks it will touch me. But it won’t
“I take it just like the crow arguing with the wolf sitting from the tree… the truth is that if the crow was near the wolf, she would hold silent.
“Tyson Fury loves to talk. All of that blah blah blah.”
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