By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has given promoters a seven-day deadline to make an offer for an undisputed heavyweight title bout against WBA, WBO, IBF heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk.
“For all these suitors out there that want to make the fight, I’m going to give you all seven days until September 1st to come up with the money. If not, thank you very much, it’s been a blast, I’m retired,” Fury said on social media.
He added, “All offers submitted must be to my lawyer Robert Davis in writing with proof of funds. So let the games begin. Boom!”
I hope they do negotiate quick. If Tyson is claiming he is retired WBC should vacate his belt and let Usyk fight vs Mandatory WBC challenger.
No, what the WBC should do is simply hand Usyk their belt. Without Fury in the picture Usyk is the undisputed champion, period; and while under different circumstances the WBC has two past precedents of awarding the heavyweight title without it being directly contested (Ken Norton in 1978, and Lennox Lewis in 1992).
You call yourself “Truth” and then say Usyk is the undisputed champion and to just hand him the WBC belt he hasn’t earned. Seems biased to me. AJ isn’t that good and Usyk looks vulnerable when he gets touched to the body. There are other contenders out there to take those titles from Usyk. Wilder, Sanchez, and Hrgović to name a few. Even Ruiz jr. would likely walk him down. As a heavyweight champ, Usyk beat AJ, thats it. And he already been KO’d by Ruiz
Fury is talking smack over this issue. It’s a control tactic on his end to remind everyone he is still a champion and yes, his deadline was August 26th to declare if he retires or not. Keep in mind, Fury has been inconsistent with his deadlines as well due to his person struggles with extensions in fights. I feel Fury is going to take this fight even if it is way over the deadline of seven-days. It’s a mind game he loves to play.
What a joke this guy is…total farce.
FURY HAS CONTROL AND HE IS ACTING LIKE A CHAMPION…. EITHER POOP OR GET OFF THE POT… EVERYBODY WANTS THE FIGHT AND HE IS WILLING… SO LET’S GO BIG TIME PROMOTERS… SOUNDS LIKE THE MAN COULD CARE LESS AND HE DOES OWN THE RING BELT… HE JUST LAID IT ON THE LINE… EITHER WE FIGHT OR HE RETIRES… PERSONALLY I’D LIKE TO SEE THE FIGHT… WE NEED AN UNDEFEATED CHAMP…. BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND FURY ISN’T IN THE MOOD FOR GAMES… EITHER WE FIGHT OR WE DON’T… I GOT TO GIVE HIM CREDIT HE’S TALKING PLAIN…..
The Caps Lock key is not your friend.
The ClownKing!!
Come on Mr. Fury, lets have this fight. For the glory of Ingland and for the world.
This is a guy who got up at 9.5 seconds in the 1st and 3rd Wilder fights. Still, he has the mind frame of an undefeated guy but he isn’t physically fit. He was way more fit for Klitschko than in the 3rd Wilder fight. Everyone will know on Sept 2nd if the $ showed up or if Fury was for real and won’t wait any longer for the money he wants to be offered. The fight supposedly would be in Saudi Arabia.
Fury acting like a mob boss now, with these demands. I think he wanted Joshua to beat uysk tbh & have a British superfight for the ages, now his motivation has vanished. He knows when he dominates uysk he won’t get the credit because everyone is gonna say it was such a size disparity.
He thinks he’ll dominate Usyk. I’m sure he also thought he would dominate Cunningham and Wallin as well.
He’ll have to fight a lot better than he did against Wilder if he actually steps in the ring with Usyk. Skill wise, Usyk is a level above everybody else in the division so Fury will probably have to resort to the wrestling, mauling and rabbit punching he used to wear out Cunningham against Usyk and I’m not sure that will work.
I’d rather see the sport move on from Tyson and start seeing the other top HW’s start fighting each other. It would be much better for the sport.
Bob Arum is going to f*** this up as he usually does with big fights.
Can’t wait!
Usyk could teach Fury (presuming he wants the fight) a lesson. He could arrange a fight with his most urgent mandatory, Fury couldn’t say U was ducking the fight because Fury gave this silly ultimatum.
It wouldn’t 100% surprise me if Fury ended up fighting AJ. Fury would be even more confident after back to back defeats for AJ and it would still generate a lot of money.
Fury could also put a rematch clause in place being that it would be a voluntary and I’m sure that even if AJ was not in the WBC rankings they’d find a way to put him there.
You have a feeling the WBC will sing to whatever tune Fury calls
Usyk already did teach him a lesson he called Fury out and this is what Fury comes up with…he knows he wont beat Usyk so he comes up with something so ridiculous there is no way they can come up with that money so quickly…like I said hes a joke and a fraud he should be embarrassed to even say this crap!
I like Fury but he’s one of the biggest hypocrites there is. He always preached about “its not about the money” while all he’s been talking about lately is money.
I don’t blame him for that. Boxers have very limited careers and need to maximize their income while they can. Fury’s in the fortunate position where he’s earned multi-generational levels of wealth, and doesn’t need to step in the ring ever again unless it’s made worth the risk. He obviously has a dollar figure in mind. If someone hits it, good for him. And if not? So be it.
Hopefully no one will hit that number so we can move on from Fury.
hope his strategy works for him
Fury is a joke that’s not funny anymore
Logan Paul has a real shot of Fury retires – Fury seems genuine and there is no reason not to believe him. Logan v Ushyk to determine the real no 1 – the KO of Woodley was the best KO in the modern era. Can Uskeyk withstand the mavericks power…. Only time will tell – I would like to see him beat usyek and fight the real Tyson. Same size now and the power is the last thing to leave. I know boxing and I know special when I see it.
Stick to your guns Fury.
The saudis gave Phil mickelson a 100 mill to play golf.
And Floyd mayweather supposedly made over 200 million in a joke of fight against a mcgregor who has zero boxing experience. So anything is possible.
Love him or hate him but Fury is the best heavyweight in the world. I think he wins easily over usyk.
Usyk, make sure you have drug testing if the fight comes to fruition I think fury is back on the coke.
If the offer is made and accepted, there will be a stipulation of a one fight prior to unification. If all goes well, were looking at late 3rd quarter next year. If Fury goes in without a tune-up, Usyk takes his lunch.
He understands Usyk is a real threat lol !
This tells me he has no interest in this fight. I believe he will retire if the deadline is not met and I hope this plays out that way. Fury doesn’t deserve that much considering the level of opposition he’s faced.
tyson wants 500 million
“The Caps Lock key is not your friend.”
For us old farts (81) it is.
on a side note ,I dont like Fury and his antics but I would like to extend my condolences to the Fury family on the terrible news of a family member being stabbed to death.
Am I the only one getting tired of this fool and his antics?