He has in the past said that he can't make money off of Usyk, so he is basically watching millions of dollars fly away. He is uncharacteristically silent.
Fury isn't silly, he is no doubt more concerned about Usyk than anyone else in the division. Usyk has the potential not only to outskill him but also beat him with the mind games.
All because his team didn’t serve notice to break the contract When they could have in January. I’d be suing top rank for the full £100m if it was me
I can write Fury's reaction "AJ is a big stiff dosser. I'll knock Usyk out, 270lb gypsy fighter can't be beaten"
Despite all the barbs about Joshua over the years, Fury wouldn’t kick him when he’s down. He knows not to comment on it in real time. I expect he’s a bit annoyed really as their fight will never be as huge financially as it was a few months ago now.
Who wouldn't be? A meeting between Fury and Joshua at the national stadium, with every heavyweight marble and two undefeated records on the line, would have been a unique event in the sport's history. Never have two nominally British boxers fought for the true heavyweight championship of the world (Lewis-Bruno, Hide-Bentt, Akinwande-Welch, Lewis-Akinwande and Haye-Harrison be damned), with the bout taking place on British soil (though the aforementioned Lewis-Bruno, Hide-Bentt and Haye-Harrison bouts were staged in the UK), much less without so much as a single professional loss between them — that isn't just an incredibly lucrative event, it's a singularly momentous one. First Joshua ruins the undefeated part. Then, after clawing the unified titles back from Ruiz, he blows the deal altogether by getting schooled and beat up by Usyk (he isn't tagging and dancing his way to a rematch victory this time). Fury and Joshua could conceivably still meet some way down the line in some circumstance or other, but the matchup will never be as significant as it would have been prior to Usyk-Joshua being signed.
Fury must be pissed off. Lost milions with this loss, needs to continue a pointless rubbermatch and Usyk adds way more problems than AJ would have. Him being to one to do what Usyk did would have added greatly to his bank account and legacy. After last night it all went down.
It's not a rubber match with Wilder ffs. Officially, it's a draw and a win for Fury - a win by Wilder in this next bout would then bring about a potential rubber match.
Ohh, he already was notable and missed his chance to do rematch vs Wlad for big money. I think he had won rematch too if he instead of partying had trained like madman. Why not? Wlad was past prime even vs then in prime Pulev who just wake him on with some sharp jabs. Before this he looked lethargic vs Pulev. Vs Fury he was so boring that even germans had scored this for Fury. Not cos Fury did shooled or outboxed him, nope. Wlad was very boring and did almost nothing during 12 rounds. Germany too does have some level of patience borders here. In rematch rich Wlad had been even more rich and older, not difficult to guess how might look 40 y.o Wlad vs motivated, trained during long months like madman young Fury.
Fury knew there was a good chance this happens, he said so when the fight was signed. I don't think he's letting it bother him.
