‘I’m Oleksandr Usyk’s supervisor – perhaps Tyson Fury was hit with a frying pan’
Oleksandr Usyk’s supervisor has given his verdict on Tyson Fury’s “freak” damage earlier than their blockbuster boxing conflict.
Undefeated WBC champion Fury was set to face the Ukrainian, additionally undefeated, in an undisputed heavyweight title bout on February 17. But their highly-anticipated assembly in Saudi Arabia was postponed on Friday after an damage suffered by Fury above his proper eye.
The Gypsy King’s promoters Queensberry revealed in an announcement that the gnarly minimize “required urgent medical attention and significant stitching”. Fans have been left bitterly upset as grainy footage emerged of the alleged incident which pressured Fury to drag out.
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Now Usyk’s supervisor Egis Klimas has claimed the Brit was eager to keep away from combating the Ukrainian all alongside, telling Sky Sports Fury would “do anything to not face Usyk”. Klimas went on to mock Fury by saying he was “maybe hit by a frying pan which he asked for”.
The clip posted on social media by IFL TV claims to show the moment where the 35-year-old received the cut, which was similar to the one he suffered against Otto Wallin back in 2019. Fury could be seen being hit in the face before having to stop, despite wearing headgear.
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The scheduled bout would have topped both Fury or Usyk as the primary undisputed king of the heavyweight division in 25 years. Fury’s fellow British boxing legend Lennox Lewis was the final to realize the feat, turning into the twenty fifth man to take action.
But it stays unclear whether or not the long-awaited bout, which has beforehand hit a snag on a number of events, will ever materialise between Fury and Usyk. Klimas is reported to have mentioned “it is too early to say” whether or not a brand new struggle date will probably be organized.
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He said that Usyk could or could not take one other bout as a substitute of ready for Fury to get better, saying: “It’s very hot at the moment, we just got this straight from the oven.”
Meanwhile, Fury was adamant the struggle will nonetheless happen as he adopted up the information by posting an image of himself carrying tight boxer shorts on social media.
He captioned it: “Can’t assist getting injured in sparring however what I can say was Usyk was in bother – I’m in implausible form. “I will resheduel (sic) soon as I can. 2024 a massive year for Team GK.”
