“I know who and where I am fighting.”

‘The Gypsy King’ Says He’ll Defend His Crown This Year, But It Won’t Resist other rulers of the division.

Tyson Fury, after watching and join WWEClash at the Castle, catch up Ariel Helwani for BT Sport. During the interview, he was asked for an update on his potential undisputed fight with Oleksandr Usyk. Fans who were hoping to see it next, turn away now.

“He put his mouth out and now he’s scared – like an asshole. He said he wants to fight next year, he’s had some injuries from the competition he’s had so I can’t really do much about it. I’ll be fighting against… we don’t know yet, we’re still looking for an opponent. “

“I will be fighting for the next few months in the UK.”

“Usyk won’t be ready – doesn’t want the fight… Who’s Frank Warren for me, that’s who I’ll defend my WBC belt against.”

However, he went on to confirm that he will be in the fight – providing some hope that this year’s performance could be a warm-up fight to prepare the Ukrainians.

“I want to take middle because it is the easiest fight to be fair and I think the fight is undisputed, not that I am very interested in undisputed – never will never – however , if you have this guy, pumped to middle, who everyone thinks is a great boxer that I don’t really rate myself, then that’s the fight. It’s a money war.”

“Unfortunately the guy doesn’t want to fight. He went on the pitch and openly said he wouldn’t play me this year. He wants the fight next year, so can’t do anything about it. Big Mack will be back soon – I’ll be starting training camp soon, we’ll meet the opponent and we’ll have a big, big night. “

It would be an overstatement to say that Fury changed his mind a bit. At the end of the five-minute interview, he revealed that the fight planned for 2022 was longer than he had anticipated. Maybe he decided to pick an opponent in the conversation or wanted to create a bit of hype. Most likely he just wanted to keep us – and every potential opponent – guessing.

“I know who I am fighting and I know where it is. So it will be announced early next week. I don’t know, I can’t say. I can’t tell you who it is because what’s the point of having a press conference there next week? “

As with any Fury interview, he may be playing some mind games here. Considering he retired a few weeks ago and now has his next two potential matches, you’d be forgiven for skepticism. You can watch the full video below.