Most of us will not believe that until Fury is in the ring, standing in front of Usyk, receiving final instructions from the ref.
Whoever will get him the highest paycheck. So likely Usyk. If that falls apart for whatever reason then perhaps Zhang. But let's be real, if he can eclipse those paydays with an MMA fighter, or anyone period, that is the route he will take.
The loser of Chisora-Whyte III Francis Ngonnou David Haye John McDermott III David Price Ike Ibeabuchi Evander Holyfield Shannon Briggs (nice shout above) Riddick Bowe Coleman Barret Marsellous Wilder Someone from WWE These are all very real possibiities
A true Fury critic would bash the Ruiz fight since Ruiz has done practically nothing besides land a big counter on AJ on the brink of being finished. But Fury has played off the Ruiz hype to settle his critics a little in the face of the Usyk disaster. Chisora has actually done more than Ruiz the last few years and he was still a terrible opponent.
Ruiz is more talented than Chisora so it should be a better fight, but no, he doesn’t deserve it. Fury needs to fight Usyk after Ruiz, that is the only acceptable option.