Fury says Rogan is his "bum of the month" - is he fighting next month?

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  1. zxcvbnm

    zxcvbnm #TeamHWFuture Full Member

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    So Fury actually says in this interview he will be fighting every 4 or 5 weeks. So we could be seeing him on the Lynes/Witter card :think

    During his long and successful reign as world heavyweight champion, American Joe Louis went on a lengthy run of knocking out a different hapless challenger each month. The amusingly titled ‘Bum of the Month' club kept Louis active in the ring if nothing else. Tyson Fury, a boxer with a keen sense of heavyweight history, now wants to reignite the idea and plans to start with his first victim on April 14 in the Odyssey Arena.
    “Joe Louis once went on a ‘bum of the month’ campaign and Tyson Fury is starting his very own, beginning with Martin Rogan,” chuckled Fury. “Every four or five weeks I’ll be fighting a bum and keeping busy in the process. I’m not in a rush to fight for world titles because I’m the new blood in the game. People mention names like David Price and ask me if I would him. My answer is yes, no problem, but that fight hasn’t happened yet because the business side of things sometimes comes into play.
    "I’ve got a contract with Channel 5 which means that I can’t box for any other station. He’s in the same position and it’s not that we don’t want to fight; we do, because we are both fighting men. But if someone else boxes for Sky Sports then we have a problem.”
    Sitting across the press table, slowly simmering next to Panamanian trainer Bernardo Checa, Martin Rogan sees the ‘bum of the month’ jibes as another insulting example of how Fury is repeatedly overlooking, or even downright dismissing, his challenge.
    “I have a feeling that he’s looking beyond and past me and if he’s talking about fighting every four weeks then he has already done that. My eyes are firmly on what he has to offer and I’m prepared to die in the ring, to lose a limb in that ring. I’m totally mentally and physically relaxed. I’m quite happy with the work that I’ve done in the gym. It’s in Belfast and I’m looking forward to it.”
    Rogan feels that Fury’s support base across Ireland is minimal and has asked to be allowed to enter the ring second (an honour usually reserved for the champion or star name) in an attempt to save face for Team Hennessy.
    “It will look bad on TV when Tyson comes in and there are no supporters there for him,” said ‘The Iron Man’. “He’ll be thinking that Martin’s scared, over the hill and all that, the usual pantomime crap. He’ll be running away from me on his tip toes on Saturday night just like he’s in a pantomime.”
     
  2. rampant

    rampant Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I thought thats what he had already been doing just not every 4/5 weeks! :think
     
  3. Foreman Hook

    Foreman Hook ☆☆☆ G$ora ☆☆☆ Full Member

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    WHONEX?? WHONEX?? Fraudley Harrison is next! :deal
     
  4. BoxingAnalyst

    BoxingAnalyst Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    I think it was a joke...
     
  5. glue glove

    glue glove Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It'll be interesting for him fighting once a month if he does.

    The Price excuse is stupid. Sam Sexton is on Sky despite being on Boxnation.
     
  6. ryanm8655

    ryanm8655 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I agree on it being a poor excuse.

    If they truly believed price wouldn't fight them on channel 5, then why not outbid them in the purse bids and test that theory, leave price to turn the fight down and look like the one who's scared.
     
  7. DrMo

    DrMo Team GB Full Member

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    Sam Sexton doesnt have a tv deal & isnt watched by millions
     
  8. Bajingo

    Bajingo Boxing Junkie banned

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    :deal
     
  9. glue glove

    glue glove Boxing Addict Full Member

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    That just strengthens the reason why Price would happily fight Fury.

    All the guys on Boxnation were on Sky, so I doubt they'll stop Price fighting on Sky. If he won they could really build on it.
     
  10. DrMo

    DrMo Team GB Full Member

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    If Price would happily fight Fury he would've taken Henessey's offer & fought on C5. Fury has a contract with C5 & cant fight on any other station.

    Some guys have fought on Boxnation & Sky but they arent in the same position Tyson is. I'm glad the Fury-Price fight didnt happen because it will be a much bigger fight in a year or 2.
     
  11. glue glove

    glue glove Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You don't offer something to the challenger and then vacate belts.

    Its bull****!
     
  12. rampant

    rampant Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yep there's no getting away from it, it definately appears that Fury / Hennessey didnt want to fight Price now, why vacate British and Commonwealth belts other than to progress to a shot at a bigger title!
     
  13. biglads

    biglads Climbing the WBO Rankings Full Member

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    But they have!

    Tyson O'Fury the nex Irish Heavyweight Champion!