Tony Bellew was ‘reprimanded and told off’ by Sky for his conduct during Usyk vs. Chisora

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Tony Bellew reveals he was ‘reprimanded and told off’ by Sky for his conduct while working as a pundit for Oleksandr Usyk’s last fight

Tony Bellew has revealed that he landed himself in hot water with Sky for his conduct during Oleksandr Usyk’s win over Derek Chisora late last year.

The former WBC cruiserweight champion was working as a pundit for the bout which the Ukrainian won by unanimous decision.

While Bellew was on good terms with Usyk, who he previously fought in 2018, he made no effort to hide his support for long-time friend Chisora.

He explained on the MHM Social: “It was purely as a friendship thing.

“When it comes to Derek, we’re close friends. I don’t have many close friends left in the boxing world anymore and there’s not many guys out there who openly supported me when I was fighting.

“Derek was always there with my biggest fights, right by my side, screaming and shouting for me.

“And I’m a loyal person – what you do for me, I do for you.

“So it was just one of them nights. I got reprimanded and told off by Sky for my shouting and stuff, but don’t employ me for the fights where my friends are fighting if that’s not what you want.

“I can be the most professional person in the world when I want to be and I can be emotionless on fights.

“But you can’t have one of the closest people I’ve had to me in boxing over the last decade fighting a man I’ve fought, who I know inside out, and not expect me to cheer and shout for them.

“It is what it is mate, I’m not really that bothered about being told off and it doesn’t really concern me that much anymore.

“I’ll just keep going. I’ll always support Derek, regardless of the atmosphere, regardless of the environment and regardless of the opponent. I’ll always support Derek Chisora.”

Now, Usyk is set for face Anthony Joshua on September 25.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Glad he got told off..

Very unprofessional.

At least he won't be at Usyk-AJ,.

[Fearful_Freddie]

It is what it is.

[Ruthless-RKO]

It is what it is.

I read it all in his voice

[peter barlow]

Glad he got told off..

Very unprofessional.

At least he won't be at Usyk-AJ,.

DAZN have global rights outside UK/IRE don't they, he could be

[Ruthless-RKO]

Glad he got told off..

Very unprofessional.

At least he won't be at Usyk-AJ,.

DAZN have global rights outside UK/IRE don't they, he could be

Yeh he probably be there then.. but He won’t be on my Sky screen

[peter barlow]

Didn't Bellew do pundit for Dickens Galahad when he was involved in Dickens management and proceeded to make a negative comment about Ingle gym?

Will he excuse himself from Chisora Parker II given his comments?

Who we kidding, he's usually always partisan to the fighter Matchroom/Hearn want to win.

[handsofstone]

Didn't Bellew do pundit for Dickens Galahad when he was involved in Dickens management and proceeded to make a negative comment about Ingle gym?

Will he excuse himself from Chisora Parker II given his comments?

Who we kidding, he's usually always partisan to the fighter Matchroom/Hearn want to win.

Think he just done punditry for the Dickens fight and he wasn't too bad in the aftermath

[mickey1975]

His new podcast is very good. Getting top quality guests.
Thought he shirked a golden opportunity to tell Kid Galahad his long held views on drug cheats at the Leeds show....
Notice he put out a tweet in support of Coldwell obviously meaning the heating affair but not mentioning it.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Yeh he Qas only doing punditry one the Jazza fight. But he was jumping around and shouting. Couldn’t hear him as much cus he was a bit further away from the ring and we had a small crowd..

The Usyk-Chis fight there was no one there.

[Gnome]

If you want to get paid as a commentator, you need to be professional when commentating. Simple.

[Ruthless-RKO]

If you want to get paid as a commentator, you need to be professional when commentating. Simple.

He wasn’t even a commentator in that fight. He was duin punditry between fights..

But his voice as the only one you could hear..

[JamesPhilips]

It is what it is.

It’s as simple as that.

[Ruthless-RKO]

It is what it is.

It’s as simple as that.

There’s no two ways about it.

[JamesPhilips]

It is what it is.

It’s as simple as that.

There’s no two ways about it.

One hundred per cent

[skanksta]

It is what it is.

It’s as simple as that.

There’s no two ways about it.

Believe you me.

[a force]

He deserved it. He was shocking on the Smith-Ryder & Harper-Jonas fights too.

It’s funny he claims he’s such a close friend of Chisora when he used to claim he didn’t watch him fight when he was with Warren on allegedly