After ready to e-book a struggle for a very long time, Tyson Fury is lastly set to tackle former UFC champion Francis Ngannou on October 28. ‘The Gypsy King’ was final seen in motion in opposition to Derek Chisora final yr in December. Since then, he was in negotiations with Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk. However, the negotiations finally fell by after they couldn’t come to phrases. While followers have been hoping to see Tyson Fury enter the squared circle in opposition to Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight championship, a bout in opposition to Francis Ngannou will probably be extremely entertaining as effectively.
However, the Ukrainian skilled boxer doesn’t agree with the sentiment and finds the choice reasonably unusual. Let’s try what Usyk needed to say about Ngannou vs. Fury.
What did Oleksandr Usyk say about Tyson Fury’s struggle in opposition to Francis Ngannou?
The announcement of Fury vs. Ngannou has definitely not sat effectively with Oleksandr Usyk who at one level was attempting to struggle ‘The Gypsy King’. Speaking about the identical throughout a current interview with Sky Sports, Usyk questioned Fury’s choice to struggle the previous UFC champion.
Usyk said that Tyson Fury is ‘greedy’ for agreeing to struggle somebody who hasn’t boxed earlier than like Francis Ngannou as a substitute of combating an actual contender.
He additionally added that it was an awesome alternative for Francis Ngannou as, per reviews, he’ll earn the largest payday of his profession from this struggle, which is over $10 million. Meanwhile, Usyk thinks this struggle isn’t helpful for Fury. He mentioned:
“Doesn’t it seem strange that instead of choosing a top 10 guy, he is choosing someone who has never boxed before?”
It is value noting that quickly after Oleksandr Usyk made these claims, Tyson Fury’s promoter Frank Warren clapped again on the Ukranian by suggesting that Usyk had the possibility to struggle Fury however he didn’t come to phrases to make the struggle occur. Nevertheless, the Ukranian is ready for an additional problem.
Oleksandr Usyk is ready to face Daniel Dubois
After failing to e-book a struggle in opposition to Tyson Fury in addition to Deontay Wilder, Oleksandr Usyk was ordered to defend his unified heavyweight boxing championship in opposition to Daniel Dubois.
The 25-year-old is taken into account the subsequent huge factor in heavyweight boxing and has a file of 19-1 with 18 KOs to his title and is the present holder of the WBA (common) heavyweight title.
The two are set to enter the squared circle on August 26 in Poland subsequent month in what can be the largest alternative within the profession of Daniel Dubois to date. That mentioned, will probably be fascinating to see if he may cause a serious upset by beating Oleksandr Usyk.
