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What do you people think?

Need another option - George Groves made him do it.

I think loosing should be losing, and you should add the option of "Fury doesn't fight for brass buttons".

Until proved otherwise i'll go with uncle being ill,it seems people are quick to belittle fighters by accusing them of being cowards,CS is unreal im sure half the posters dont watch boxing and just love the drama,maybe its an american thing,Hollywood and all that,never let the truth get in the way of a good yarn,theres posters over there i dont think have ever wrote a positive post on boxing in their life,sad state of affairs on a boxing forum

I'm not saying theres not more to it but as for Fury being scared.?? He could have just withdrew when Chisora pulled out and no-one would bat an eye but people seem to think theres something more serious going on but until confirmation i'll give Tyson the benefit of the doubt

Although he does only have himself to blame for the grief he's getting

I voted bit of both...reason is that I think ustinov was better prepared than was expected.
Isnt there a video of Fury saying ustinov has had a 4 week training camp and was already prepared to fight fury?
If his uncle wasnt ill then no doubt he would have fought.

Would he pull out of Haye or Klitschko on the same day for the same reason ?

I don't think there is any reason to doubt the Furys on this but they do need to get Tyson back in the ring quickly as his career is losing momentum.

The big conspiracy theory is that Chisora was out weeks ago and the Russian told the fight was his.
Tyson found out and thought he was being set up.
Every time something like this occurs it's inevitable that the theorists can have a field day.
However when it's injuries to fighters and illness within the camp I always accept what I'm being told.
If someone wants to prove otherwise then do it.

Has anyone made a Catholicism/natural rhythm joke yet...?

I don't think that Tyson was in any way scared of the fight, and after previous delays was well up for it on Saturday night.

However, following the weigh-in (when the opponent looked in good nick) I think that - based on what I have heard, Tyson was going to get a much reduced purse - his "team" decided that they should pull out.

Not because he would necessarily lose, but the risk / reward for taking the fight against a live opponent for reduced money and risking their world ranking just wasn't worth it.

bripez wrote:I don't think that Tyson was in any way scared of the fight, and after previous delays was well up for it on Saturday night.

However, following the weigh-in (when the opponent looked in good nick) I think that - based on what I have heard, Tyson was going to get a much reduced purse - his "team" decided that they should pull out.

Not because he would necessarily lose, but the risk / reward for taking the fight against a live opponent for reduced money and risking their world ranking just wasn't worth it.

that does sound like he bottled it a bit to me i understand the risk was to much but if he really thinks he's the best heavy weight as he says then take the fight all the training was done the fighting is the easier bit and move on .

bripez wrote:I don't think that Tyson was in any way scared of the fight, and after previous delays was well up for it on Saturday night.

However, following the weigh-in (when the opponent looked in good nick) I think that - based on what I have heard, Tyson was going to get a much reduced purse - his "team" decided that they should pull out.

Not because he would necessarily lose, but the risk / reward for taking the fight against a live opponent for reduced money and risking their world ranking just wasn't worth it.

According the the very unreliable Sun and allegedly, Fury was being paid £500,000 for Ustinov fight. Sounds like that was the original fight purse rather than the updated one......

There was not enough silver in the pot for an opponent riskier than Chisora.

It has to be to do with money, it always is.

I assume something changed and the Fury's were not happy, a bit of brinkmanship occurred and the Uncle excuse got wheeled out.

Can any journalists or forum detectives even verify that Hughie Fury is actually in hospital??!

Parson Cross wrote:The big conspiracy theory is that Chisora was out weeks ago and the Russian told the fight was his.
Tyson found out and thought he was being set up.
Every time something like this occurs it's inevitable that the theorists can have a field day.
However when it's injuries to fighters and illness within the camp I always accept what I'm being told.
If someone wants to prove otherwise then do it.

I cant see why warren who would have known all this would set fury up when he is desperately trying to get a chisora v fury rematch. So the theorists make no sense.

Datsue wrote:Has anyone made a Catholicism/natural rhythm joke yet...?

I was going to, but couldn't quite get it out of my mouth.

Neither he just thought fuvk it

If my aunty had bollox she would be my uncle. Saying that she has more bollox than Fury. Too much hype and 95% of the boxing fan are hypnotised into it. Fury is nothing, just a hyped up domestic boxer. He is better then he is because the boxing world has a load of chit in the heavyweight division at the top level. When was the last time you could say there was nothing in the american heavyweight division worth watching?

Come on fellas wake up and smell the damn coffee.

Cant believe there is still fools on here that don't know the main reason why he pulled out , if you did u wouldn't of even bothered making this thread or adding to it

CiganoBoxer wrote:Cant believe there is still fools on here that don't know the main reason why he pulled out , if you did u wouldn't of even bothered making this thread or adding to it

Go on then ...

Surely it is money. It Always is the issue.

CiganoBoxer wrote:Cant believe there is still fools on here that don't know the main reason why he pulled out , if you did u wouldn't of even bothered making this thread or adding to it

ENLIGHTEN us then .

Any truth in Ustinov knowing the fitght was his six weeks out?

Lenny Cravats wrote:

Datsue wrote:Has anyone made a Catholicism/natural rhythm joke yet...?

I was going to, but couldn't quite get it out of my mouth.

Neither could the poor kids ..... Ok i feel bad now.

Because Tyson Fury is a sh*house, that's why.

SNG wrote:Any truth in Ustinov knowing the fitght was his six weeks out?

If that was true, is it fraud on FW'S part?