Promoter Eddie Hearn says he’s ready to make a fight between the dethroned WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua next if the Gypsy King doesn’t fight a rematch with undisputed champion Oleksandr Usyk.
Oliver: “That’s The Worst Possible Thing You Could Use As An Excuse!”
Former European super-bantamweight champion Spencer Oliver, now one of the most popular and well-respected pundits on the scene, was as thrilled and as excited as the rest of us when watching the Oleksandr Usyk-Tyson Fury battle on Saturday.
There may not have been a tougher time to compile a top 10 pound-for-pound list in boxing. Not in a long while, anyway.
Tyson Fury wasn’t able to use his size and weight to maul Oleksandr Usyk because he was ready for the Gypsy King’s dirty tactics last Saturday night.
Former cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson views Tyson Fury’s loss to Oleksandr Usyk last Saturday night as a further sign of the Gypsy King’s physical decline.
Promoter Frank Warren is uncertain if Tyson Fury will take the rematch with Oleksandr Usyk after he was beaten by him last Saturday night, losing a 12-round split decision in their undisputed heavyweight championship in Riyadh.
Promoter Eddie Hearn says Anthony Joshua had Oleksandr Usyk “clearly winning” against Tyson Fury last Saturday night in his undisputed heavyweight championship fight in Riyadh.
Promoter Eddie Hearn says Tyson Fury must win his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk, or it’s “curtains” for his career. If Fury loses to Usyk a second time later this year, it will be difficult to peddle an all-British match between him and Anthony Joshua to the public.
Here we go again. Just hours after Tyson Fury’s stunning defeat at the hands of the truly exceptional Oleksandr Usyk, we have some controversy building – or perhaps already built – regarding the count Fury was administered in the ninth round.
Plenty of people have wondered for some time, how Tyson Fury would react if he ever did lose a fight? Well, that moment, that sting, came last night, with the superb Oleksandr Usyk handing the self-proclaimed “greatest fighter who ever lived” his first pro defeat.