Promoter Bob Arum (Top Rank) still insists that British WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs) is simply playing around and leading fans by the nose with constant talk of retirement or a third fight with compatriot gatekeeper Derek Chisora.
“Was there really a substantive interest in organizing the fight with Chisora? —
smiling boss Top Rank. – Not really. Here’s the thing. There are only a few weeks left before the rematch for all the other division belts between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua. It is clear that now all interest is riveted to them. But Tyson is not used to this. He likes to have cameras on him, he likes to do interviews. I repeat that regardless of who wins this duel, we will begin negotiations on the fight for the absolute. The fight with Chisora will only be relevant if the winner of the Usyk vs Joshua 2 fight gets an injury that will put him out of action for a long time. In this case, I do not rule out some kind of interim fight with Fury – just to stay active.
Arum claims that “talk about a new coach is bullshit. It’s just Tyson Fury. Isaac Lowe is not a coach. This is a fighter. Tyson and Sugarhill Steward are one. Just remember that everything Fury said must first be divided by four. I remember that at one time Muhammad Ali was exactly the same. And Fury’s retirement statements are from the same opera.
Arum confirmed that at the moment it is unlikely that Fury will be able to speak in the USA, but he filed everything very cleverly: “It seems that now his fights will bring more dividends if they are held not in America, but somewhere else – in Britain or in the East. But I’m sure that before he ends his career, he will still have time to perform in the USA.
Finally, the promoter shared his forecast for the rematch between Usyk and Joshua: “I think Alexander will perform even better than in the first fight. And Anthony isn’t very good.”
Yesterday Tyson Fury said goodbye to boxing: WBC confirms. A little earlier, he accused Chisora of trying to disrupt the fight, he immediately responded. The champion’s promoter is confident that Usyk will beat Joshua and Fury will beat Usyk.
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