Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk | PPV - 18 May 2024

[joshj909]

Looks like Saudi is out, surely someone in the middle east is prepared to stump up the cash they want,. England looking likely now, hope Fury and Bob dont play silly buggers

If it does happen in the U.K. then get ready to hear the narrative of how he wanted to deliver it to the British fans etc.

Yes he has only a couple ready made excuses to fall back on:
1. Being the Peoples Champion - His love and respect of the British public and importance of giving them what they want regardless of financial costs to himself.
2. Having serious mental health problems - raising awareness and promoting social justice for people with mental health problems.

Of course he contradicts both these fake personas at every opportunity.

However, despite only recently making numerous social media videos calling out AJ to fight ... he know states he avoids social media because of his serious mental health problems (which of course there is no evidence he has) which appears to be in response to Usyk turning the tables on him by making his "Belly .. where are you" videos.

I thought fWank would have forced Fury into taking the Usyk fight because of the money he too will make.

Frank would definitely rather Fury Vs Joyce and Dubois before Fury faces Usyk.

[Nightmare Roy]

Looks like Saudi is out, surely someone in the middle east is prepared to stump up the cash they want,. England looking likely now, hope Fury and Bob dont play silly buggers

Well if Usyk has agreed and signed has suggested , the hold up has to be Fury , but according to what he himself has said many times he does'nt care about money , SO whats the hold up

Just wants more money to give away to charities?

[ashall2]

Fury, who gives his purses to charity and is willing to fight for free, can’t agree financial terms with the Saudis. Who’d have thought it?!

[skanksta]

IF Fury seems to want to duck this, it would change my vote and likely the poll...

[big lennox]

Jeff Powell has reported today that Fury has booked Wembley for the 29th April and its D day this week to agree terms with Uysk, and if that doesn't happen, he will box a " designated opponent" instead.

It's s obvious he doesn't fancy it againt Uysk, just as he didn't against Joshua. It's the same playbook, make it look like he is in negotiations, generate hype, and then say the other side couldn't agree terms, before taking part in a guaranteed victory contest a la Chisora III.

Who will it be, do you think? Manuel Charr or Francis Ngannou?

[tonyevs]

Ngannou looks best for numbers.

It sells to the casuals who wouldn't see Ngannou as anything lesser than Usyk .. if fact they'll likely view Usyk as easier because they'll believe Usyk is only a 'middleweight' .. or same size as Paris Fury.

Plus the MMA side may fall for the 6oz gloves and octagon shaped canvas making a difference.

[ThereByTheGrace]

Fight usyk or strip the title or talk pish to someone who cares. Take yer pick fury.

[Nightmare Roy]

Mad if this fight doesn't happen, opportunity to be the first undisputed HW in the 4 belt era and go down in history. 100% Usyk is up for it, sadly if it doesn't happen I see Usyk retiring and then the belts get fragmented and it'll probably never happen.

[bedreamin]

If Fury ends up fighting Ngannou instead of Usyk I officially give up on Boxing

[887986]

Some 18% voted Fury KO/TKO. They are a funny bunch. Tyson "I-needed-150-power-punches-and-eleven-rounds-to-stop-a-stationary-target-flat-footed-Wilder" Fury, knocking out Oleksandr "never-even-been-knocked-down-as-a-professional-even-though-fought-against-noted-punchers-like-Briedis-Gassiev-or-Joshua" Usyk? Okay, sure.

[DrDuke]

Some 18% voted Fury KO/TKO. They are a funny bunch. Tyson "I-needed-150-power-punches-and-eleven-rounds-to-stop-a-stationary-target-flat-footed-Wilder" Fury, knocking out Oleksandr "never-even-been-knocked-down-as-a-professional-even-though-fought-against-noted-punchers-like-Briedis-Gassiev-or-Joshua" Usyk? Okay, sure.

Punctuation-seems-to-be-a-hard-thing.

[HomicideHenry]

Nothing to get bent out of shape over it just means that Saudi Arabia is off the table and it's going to happen in England or nowhere else and if the Ukrainian fancies it he will come to England.

[margaret thatcher]

Nothing to get bent out of shape over it just means that Saudi Arabia is off the table and it's going to happen in England or nowhere else and if the Ukrainian fancies it he will come to England.

i heard tyson's goal is to rule over the division with him and his 6'3 220 pound wife holding all the titles together, like the klits did

he might be trying his best to get paris vs usyk , in a battle of physical equals, rather than fighting uzzy himself

i guess i cant blame him for looking out for family like that

[HomicideHenry]

Furthermore Tyson Fury said in his last fight that he had elbow issues because he continuously develops bone spurs so for all we know all of these delays are really about Tyson Fury having surgery considering Andy Lee has said that Tyson has not even been in the gym at Morecombe Bay.

If Fury desperately needs the surgery then we as fight fans need to accept that he has to have the surgery in order to be at his absolute best against the Ukrainian. Fury said it would take maybe 6 weeks for such a recovery and I think that's what we're seeing.

[margaret thatcher]

hmmm, but wouldnt that also mean you were full of sh!t as usual about usyk holding things up and running off nervous?

maybe if big tyson is out with injury, 6'3 220 pound paris can step in. i've also heard their 2 year old is already the size of beterbiev, maybe the furys will take over lhw this year as well

[HomicideHenry]

hmmm, but wouldnt that also mean you were full of sh!t as usual about usyk holding things up and running off nervous?

maybe if big tyson is out with injury, 6'3 220 pound paris can step in

I never quite said that what I did say was it was highly uncharacteristic for the Ukrainian to be spouting off so much in videos which I thought gave the impression of him pursuing the fight when the reality is Usyk had never signed anything and neither did Fury, so it was all hot air and still is hot air all the videos.

[margaret thatcher]

ya, when he said 'belly', i thought that was really over the top

[Grilling Machine]

maybe if big tyson is out with injury, 6'3 220 pound paris can step in.

[KiwiRider]

If Fury ends up fighting Ngannou instead of Usyk I officially give up on Boxing

Just give up on Tyson Fury.
He has always been full of crap, and bad for boxing.

[DrDuke]

If Fury ends up fighting Ngannou instead of Usyk I officially give up on Boxing

Just give up on Tyson Fury.
He has always been full of crap, and bad for boxing.

He has been more good for boxing. Dethroning Klit was long awaited and the Wilder trilogy was awesome.

[tonyevs]

At this stage Fury is a worse ambassador than any I can instantly think of.
He has stagnated the division and the shadow of drug/PED abuse casts a very dark shadow over him and the sport.

He is certainly not the 'Peoples Champion' anymore.

[mickey1975]

At this stage Fury is a worse ambassador than any I can instantly think of.
He has stagnated the division and the shadow of drug/PED abuse casts a very dark shadow over him and the sport.

He is certainly not the 'Peoples Champion' anymore.

The hardcore are upset. He’s still the peoples champion by a distance. Please don’t go on a few negative comments on Twitter… millions wouldn’t be arsed to comment.
Hopefully the fight goes ahead at Wembley.

[Nightmare Roy]

hmmm, but wouldnt that also mean you were full of sh!t as usual about usyk holding things up and running off nervous?

maybe if big tyson is out with injury, 6'3 220 pound paris can step in

I never quite said that what I did say was it was highly uncharacteristic for the Ukrainian to be spouting off so much in videos which I thought gave the impression of him pursuing the fight when the reality is Usyk had never signed anything and neither did Fury, so it was all hot air and still is hot air all the videos.

Well documented Usyk agreed terms with the Saudis, Fury didn't.

[ashall2]

hmmm, but wouldnt that also mean you were full of sh!t as usual about usyk holding things up and running off nervous?

maybe if big tyson is out with injury, 6'3 220 pound paris can step in

I never quite said that what I did say was it was highly uncharacteristic for the Ukrainian to be spouting off so much in videos which I thought gave the impression of him pursuing the fight when the reality is Usyk had never signed anything and neither did Fury, so it was all hot air and still is hot air all the videos.

To be fair Usyk is just having a laugh like with the ‘Derekkkk’ stuff with Chisora, no harm in it.

[Boxerbeetle]

Everything surrounding Fury has always been incredibly shambolic and amateurish, should be zero surprise to anyone that these ‘negotiations’ are the same.