Considering we've heard nothing about the nature of the contracts, the negotiations and still don't have a date, I wouldn't get our hopes up. I think this would be the 3rd time the fight has been 'ON"?
Nah, mate, that's a different dynamic. We have regular interactions with each other, you and me. This Faz238479 whatever guy is just a weak troll with less than 100 posts who can't get over that I picked him apart once and made him a laughing stock. With you, we have a proper rivalry if you will. You are the Fury to my Usyk. It's a beautiful thing. And I beat you of course.
I dont know if it was already posted here, but IMO the fight should get cancelled only becaus of this: This content is protected Ngannou believes this Fury glovegate BS.
Nggnaou is just pig ignorant. I don't blame him. He doesn't know squat about boxing so it's excusable kind of how Wilder believing it is excusable because he's clearly delusional and can't handle an L. Someone like Carl Froch turning around tomorrow and saying he thinks Fury is a glove cheat would be inexcusable. Fury will likely have big foam gloves for Francis because breaking his hand is more of a concern. May have even dictated the same gloves in their contract.
So since Usyk is an amazing, incredibly skilled and talented road-warrior, and no one is better than him, if Tyson Fury beats him, is Tyson an ATG?
I wonder if people overestimate Fury's autonomy in all this. The deal I found curious was the $80m deal Bob Arum got him with ESPN. They had very little if any actual return on that as far as I can see and allowed him to fight Schwartz and Wallin. What they DID get was Eddie Hearn given the runaround for 12 months chasing a fictional AJ/Fury match. At the time, remember, we were in 'game changed' territory with Hearn telling everyone that the current model of selling fights, as developed by Arum, and epitomised by his relationship with ESPN, was going to be sunk by subscription. Now, here we are again and Eddie's been chasing another pipedream with Wilder and is shut out of the action in Riyadh. To be honest, I don't think you go into business with Bob Arum and behave as Fury has unless he wants you to. It's worth remembering that the Furys were thanking MBS for a 'game changing' future development at the Paul/Fury fight back in February.
If Israel decide to go balls to the wall on Gaza which we'll know once they've fully mobilized and given the nod by murica' and some other countries like Lebanon decide to join the fray then this bout is OFF. Sorry folks Beheaded babies, stagnant stalemate Ukro Russian war, US debt bubbles and a US election coming up. Smells bad to me saving grace is big boy moves tend to take lots of planning and time so it will probably stave off till mid next year, US election time. Got to give old senile his 2nd term. Then boxing will fall into a black hole as a whole to be honest. Money has ran out.
Fury looking to use Opetaia as a sparring partner in preparation for Usyk. Opetaia says Fury contacted him about sparring when Fury-Usyk fight was previously being negotiated.