In a bold and explosive interview, Tyson Fury told TalkSPORT that the undisputed fight with “idiot” Oleksandr Usyk was “just work”.
Fury, who is currently retired despite continuing to hold the WBC Heavyweight belt, called TalkSPORT to update fans about the clash they all wanted to see. In true Gypsy King fashion, it seems he couldn’t care less about the good fortune the fight would bring.
“He [Usyk] need legendary Gypsy king. I don’t need some foreigners. I don’t need him. I did what I did, I’m a legend in the game – retired undefeated heavyweight champion like Rocky Marciano.
“This idiot needs me. Some foreigners that no one can say his name. I give him a fight and I give him a chance to be a legend.”
Usyk just got his second win over Anthony Joshua. The victory cemented him as the unified heavyweight champion and added to a legacy that has contained an undefeated and undefeated campaign in the cruiser class.
This career has led many fans to brand the Ukrainian as the best boxer in the world. Fury, perhaps unsurprisingly, disagrees.
“No middleweight born to his mother could do The Gypsy King. I don’t care who he is. And all this chatter about ‘he’s a great pound’ – pound for pound in my opinion is a pile of bulls. “
“When Usyk was an amateur boxer sucking on my mother’s nipples, I was a British heavyweight champion. As a man of integrity in his twenties, he hit the middleweight box. “
All these pounds give legendary status to the pound – I don’t rate him. “
Does he like his chance if the fight is done? Of course he is.
“Let me tell you, I can beat Usyk in training a week, because he is middleweight. I’ll put my fist through him. “
“I don’t respect him. I don’t think he’s a good fighter. I think he’s a struggling boxer and I saw more excitement at Morecambe on Friday night. “
Elsewhere in the interview, Fury reiterated his demand for a one-day salary of £500m. He re-enforced an ultimatum to the powers that be to give the amount and details in seven days or the undisputed war would not happen.
Finally, he raved about knife crimes after the heartbreaking news that his cousin was murdered in Altrincham. Like yesterday, A man has been charged.
