Even with a new fight on the horizon, it seems like Tyson Fury’s greatest battles remain with the ghosts of past rivalries. Fury’s former rival Deontay Wilder claimed that he has “proof” that the British boxer cheated in their fights. However, the former ‘Baddest Man on the Planet’ finds the allegations funny!
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“I have no idea what he was on about. He’s had too many punches to the head, for sure,” Fury told iFL TV‘s Kugan Cassius when asked if Wilder’s threats to expose alleged cheating in their first two fights worried him. “I’m waiting for the documentary to come out.”
Tyson Fury also mocked his former opponent’s slip of tongue, calling “documentary” as “docu-me-mory”. The ‘Bronze Bomber’ has alleged that Fury practiced glove tampering to gain an unfair advantage in their encounters. It’s a narrative the American has stuck with for years. Fury teased that he had “napalm” inside his gloves. Wilder challenged Fury to sue him if he’s lying. It’s not only his trilogy with Wilder that he gets asked about; he’s also frequently questioned about his recent rivalry with Usyk.
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In another catch-up in which he was accompanied by boxing great Lennox Lewis, he reiterated his old claims. He believed he deserved the wins instead of the back-to-back losses against Oleksandr Usyk. The two met in 2024 and exchanged 24 rounds in fights scheduled in May and December.
“I know in my heart I won those fights, yeah?” Fury said. “When you’re a man and you fight another man, if you lose, you know you lose, and I shake the man’s hand—fair play. Listen, he’s got them; he did win; he’s got his decisions; he won them; fair play. I kissed him on the head and congratulated him—fair play. But he knows, and I know he didn’t beat me. He gets his decisions, fantastic.”
Against that backdrop, Usyk has been struggling to land a matchup while rumors of a fight with a former kickboxing champion continue to float. Flipping the narrative, Fury argued that despite the “so-called losses,” he is making more money through a Netflix event than Usyk, who is still struggling to land a fight.
Tyson Fury feels Deontay Wilder could be going through mental health issues
Tyson Fury feels that Deontay Wilder could be dealing with “mental health issues.” He planned to go for a tit-for-tat response to Wilder’s allegations. But he eventually decided against it.
“Rather than just go back and forth with him and yada yada yada, saying he’s deluded and all that, I’m just going to pray for him, and I’m going to ask God to help him,” Fury said. “I’m going to ask the Father to bring him back to the light cuz this man is a lost, lost soul, and I beg Jesus to turn him, to return him to the kingdom.”
Fury’s confidence in his fair and square wins is backed by many. Yet it’s not clear if the same support will be extended toward the Usyk fight claims.
When they fought for the first time, on May 18, 2024, Fury suffered a ninth-round knockdown before succumbing to a split decision in Usyk’s favor. The second bout, on December 21, was a more decisive affair in which Usyk defeated him on the scorecards of all three judges. Barring a few like Fury’s promoter Frank Warren, hardly anyone retained any doubts over the verdict.
Regardless, boxing fans around the world will be tuning in to watch Fury take on Arslanbek Makhmudov in April. Will the comeback prove to be a masterstroke, or could it put his legacy on the line? Only time will tell.