Tyson Fury Cut Badly, Oleksandr Usyk Fight Postponed

By: Sean Crose

It regarded like there would lastly be a brand new king of the heavyweight division. After what appeared like an eternity, a brand new undisputed champion would emerge when WBC titlist Tyson Fury took on WBA, WBO, and IBF titlist Oleksandr Usyk later this month in Saudi Arabia. Sadly, it was not meant to be – at the least not within the fast future. For Fury pulled out of the combat on Friday after reportedly struggling a nasty reduce above his proper eye throughout a sparing session. As of press time, the extremely anticipated bout has but to be rescheduled.

Fury’s promoter, Queensberry Promotions additionally weighed in, posting the next:

“WBC Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury has been pressured to postpone his combat with unified Champion Oleksandr Usyk after sustaining a freak reduce in a sparring session in Riyadh…the reduce, which opened above Fury’s proper eye, required pressing medical consideration and vital stitching, and can clearly require a interval of restoration, scupping any risk of the combat with Usyk going down on seventeenth February in Saudi Arabia.”

“I’m completely devastated,” Fury, ” stating in the identical media publish, “after getting ready for this combat for thus lengthy and being in such very good situation. I really feel unhealthy for everybody concerned on this large occasion and I’ll work diligently in the direction of the rescheduled date as soon as the attention has healed. I can solely apologize to everybody affected together with my very own workforce, Group Usyk, the undercard fighters, companions, and followers in addition to our hosts and my buddies within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”

The publish was accompanied by an image of Tyson with a deep gash close to his proper eye.

The undefeated Englishman additionally posted on Instagram. “Cant assist getting injured in sparring,” he wrote,
“however what i can say was Usyk was in bother i’m in unbelievable form. i’ll resheduel quickly as i can. 2024 an enormous 12 months for workforce GK  #undisputed #wbcking” {sic}. An image of Fury trying lean and imply was posted alongside the assertion.

It’s been a tough patch for the fighter often known as “The Gypsy King.” First, negotiations fell aside for a combat with Usyk earlier final 12 months. Then the tremendous sized Englishman was practically defeated by former UFC champion turned first time boxer Francis Ngannou later within the 12 months. And now the combat with Usyk is postponed. Hopefully the game gained’t have to attend too for an undisputed heavyweight champion to lastly be topped. In boxing, nonetheless, nothing is definite.