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HomicideHenry wrote: ↑15 Jan 2023, 06:12

big lennox wrote: ↑15 Jan 2023, 05:57 According to press reports, Fury has gone on a two week holiday to Tenerife. Doesn't sound like Uysk vs Fury is going to happen any time soon ( if at all).

Considering nothing has been signed yet, no point overreacting or assuming. If nobody has signed, and no venue has been chosen, you might as well go on a family vacation.

It does beg the question though, if Warren sent the contract to Usyk... why is Usyk saying, "Belly where are you?", could this be some attempt by team Usyk to make it seem like team Fury is dragging heels when the truth is they haven't signed to fight Fury?

mickey1975 wrote: ↑15 Jan 2023, 09:49 Big Shane said last night he was waiting to go into camp.

maverick23 wrote: ↑16 Jan 2023, 03:22

mickey1975 wrote: ↑15 Jan 2023, 09:49 Big Shane said last night he was waiting to go into camp.

Strange considering the talk is early March. Whilst he won’t need a long camp fitness wise (unless he went mad over Christmas), I’d imagine they’d want a fair bit of time properly preparing for someone like Usyk.

HomicideHenry wrote: ↑16 Jan 2023, 03:33

maverick23 wrote: ↑16 Jan 2023, 03:22

mickey1975 wrote: ↑15 Jan 2023, 09:49 Big Shane said last night he was waiting to go into camp.

Strange considering the talk is early March. Whilst he won’t need a long camp fitness wise (unless he went mad over Christmas), I’d imagine they’d want a fair bit of time properly preparing for someone like Usyk.

Fury has said for quite a long time that 8 weeks tops is all he needs for a fight of this magnitude. He's done that for Wilder. So nothing out of the ordinary here.

The Gratest wrote: ↑16 Jan 2023, 06:00 Shane's waiting to go into camp, Brendan's tagging them training in Morcambe Bay, yet Tyson's on holiday in Tenerife with his family...what in the 'retirement followed by Francis Ngannou comeback fight's' going on???

polecateddy wrote: ↑16 Jan 2023, 08:31 Francis Ngannou yesterday escaped his UFC contract I believe. I wonder if he got straight on the phone lol

Nightmare Roy wrote: ↑16 Jan 2023, 08:42

polecateddy wrote: ↑16 Jan 2023, 08:31 Francis Ngannou yesterday escaped his UFC contract I believe. I wonder if he got straight on the phone lol

Be a much easier assignment for Fury than the middleweight, so it's probably in the works

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑16 Jan 2023, 09:54 Arum: Usyk Wants 50-50 For Fury Fight; That's Not Right If Their Fight Is At Wembley

“Everybody agreed that if [Saudi Arabia’s] offer comes through and it’s real, that’s how we’ll go,” Arum, whose company co-promotes Fury with Warren’s Queensberry Promotions. “If not, we’ll do the fight at Wembley.”

“The fighters have agreed to fight,” Arum said. “I spoke to Frank W. We’re giving them until [this] week to come with their offer, which I believe we’ll get. If we don’t, then we’re gonna do the fight at Wembley. And then we’d have to talk about the percentages because Usyk wants 50-50. That’s not right if the fight’s at Wembley because there will be 95,000 Brits at the fight and big Brit pay-per-view money, so Tyson deserves the lion’s share.

“But we don’t get to that point if the [investors in Saudi Arabia] come through, because the way they operate is they make deals with each of the fighters. We’ve been led to believe that they’re going to come with a proposal [this] week. I’ll believe it when I see it, but it’s not like they haven’t come through in the past.”

HomicideHenry wrote: ↑16 Jan 2023, 10:53 If the fight happens in the UK I can see the point of giving Fury the Lion's Share considering it is going to be majority Tyson Fury fans coming to the event. It don't have to be 60/40 it can be some sort of unique number like 55/45, and regardless the Ukrainian should not be complaining considering it would be the most amount of money he's ever made anyways.

HomicideHenry wrote: ↑16 Jan 2023, 10:53 If the fight happens in the UK I can see the point of giving Fury the Lion's Share considering it is going to be majority Tyson Fury fans coming to the event. It don't have to be 60/40 it can be some sort of unique number like 55/45, and regardless the Ukrainian should not be complaining considering it would be the most amount of money he's ever made anyways.

HomicideHenry wrote: ↑16 Jan 2023, 10:53 If the fight happens in the UK I can see the point of giving Fury the Lion's Share considering it is going to be majority Tyson Fury fans coming to the event. It don't have to be 60/40 it can be some sort of unique number like 55/45, and regardless the Ukrainian should not be complaining considering it would be the most amount of money he's ever made anyways.

keithmoonhangover wrote: ↑16 Jan 2023, 13:21 How about 60-40 to the winner?

joshj909 wrote: ↑16 Jan 2023, 13:43

keithmoonhangover wrote: ↑16 Jan 2023, 13:21 How about 60-40 to the winner?

Most should accept that in matches where there's an argument about the A side unless they're not confident that they'll win. Spence/Crawford should be the same if they both think they're the A side.

The Gratest wrote: ↑16 Jan 2023, 13:14 And so, the weaseling begins...

keithmoonhangover wrote: ↑16 Jan 2023, 13:50

joshj909 wrote: ↑16 Jan 2023, 13:43

keithmoonhangover wrote: ↑16 Jan 2023, 13:21 How about 60-40 to the winner?

Most should accept that in matches where there's an argument about the A side unless they're not confident that they'll win. Spence/Crawford should be the same if they both think they're the A side.

I'm not sure if Spence-Crawford generates enough money to give them both what they want.