Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter has revealed who will replace Tyson Fury should he withdraw from their undisputed clash.Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter fears Tyson Fury will withdraw from their undisputed clash and has named the replacement fighter should the British star pull out.
Fury vs. Usyk is less than a month away as the two heavyweight stars battle for undisputed status in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
They were supposed to clash in February until the self-proclaimed ‘Gypsy King’ suffered a cut in sparring, prompting him to back out.And Alexander Krassyuk, who looks after Usyk’s boxing career, isn’t convinced Fury will turn up to fight on May 18.Usyk has actually had a triple camp for this fight,” Krassyuk explained.
“He started in September for the fight to take place last December.
“We showed up to the Ngannou fight to step in the ring to announce the fight for the undisputed, but his team jumped and said he didn’t look that good, so Usyk gave him some space to prepare at his camp in Saudi Arabia.
“We were then meant to fight on Feb 17, then we were rescheduled for May.”He added: “Tyson Fury has withdrawn four times already from this fight.
“Remember that we were looking to fight last April; he pulled out of it then, too.
“That’s why we fought Daniel Dubois. This will be the fourth camp we have had for Tyson Fury.
“I’ve not got too much confidence in the rematch happening, by the way. If Tyson Fury loses, will he have the confidence to step inside the ring again?Theoretically he can, but we all know what happened in the rematch with Wladimir Klitschko.”If Fury is forced to withdraw again, then Team Usyk have an opponent lined up to take his place.
Krassyuk claims Filip Hrgovic will be drafted in to face the undefeated Ukrainian.Hrgovic is scheduled to meet Daniel Dubois on June 1, but he will get the call up for the undisputed showdown should anything happen to the WBC title holder.
“The IBF mandatory Filip Hrgovic will be the replacement if [Fury] does it again,” Krassyuk revealed.
“He is getting ready for Daniel Dubois on June 1, but instead he will have to be ready on May 18 to replace Tyson for any reason.
“Otherwise we will lose the [IBF] title. It was one of our conditions.The game is about being undisputed. It’s not about money – it’s about heritage, about glory.Tyson Fury says he doesn’t care about that, but at the press conference he was saying, ‘Wow, the IBF, the WBO, the WBC, the WBA, the Ring Magazine, the undisputed, the lineal’, which I’ve never heard of.””Tyson Fury says he doesn’t care about that, but at the press conference he was saying, ‘Wow, the IBF, the WBO, the WBC, the WBA, the Ring Magazine, the undisputed, the lineal’, which I’ve never heard of.”Tyson Fury has been tipped to withdraw from his upcoming fight against Oleksandr Usyk by a British former boxing star.
Fury and Usyk will do battle in a heavyweight title unification clash on May 18, with the bout taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
It had to be rescheduled after ‘The Gypsy King’ suffered a cut above his eye during sparring in February, meaning he was unable to fulfil the original date.Fury has already held a press conference ahead of the event, in which he unveiled his training camp plans and confirmed that father John will be part of his preparations.But despite his intense preparations beginning to get underway, he has been surprisingly tipped to potentially withdraw.
That’s the view of British former super-middleweight champion George Groves, who retired from professional boxing in 2018.Groves told Betway: “I’ve said since the start – I’ll believe it [the fight] when I see it.
“I don’t think Fury has ever fancied the Usyk fight. He’s talking about having 10 more fights, but if he loses to Usyk how does that work?
“It’s a massive risk for him to fight Usyk. He’s probably really hoping that Usyk can’t take a body shot.
“[After the cut] I thought to myself, ‘I bet Fury would rather have a bit of Anthony Joshua than Usyk, because he’ll see that as an easier fight.”That [versus Joshua] is the fight everyone really wants to see. I don’t believe if he pulls out [of the Usyk fight] he’s going to have to pay a $10 million fine.Usyk is probably thinking, ‘I don’t know if this guy is going to show up’, because there’s still a chance Fury pulls out.”
However, while announcing the new fight date, Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority chairman Turki Alalshikh sent a warning to both fighters about withdrawing from the bout.He said: “If Usyk is scared, I will call for Joshua vs Tyson.
“If Tyson is scared, I will call for any fighter Usyk wants, and it’s my name on this thing. We have a guarantee from both sides, and they know it now.”Tyson Fury appeared to be visibly stunned after hearing father John’s ‘prediction’ for his upcoming unification title fight against Oleksandr Usyk.
The fight will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 18.
It had to be rescheduled after Fury suffered a cut above his eye in sparring in February, which forced him to withdraw from proceedings.Now, two months on, ‘The Gypsy King’ is building up the hype ahead of the pair finally squaring off inside the ring.
He held a press conference in his hometown of Morecambe, with John Fury and promoter Frank Warren also present at the venue.The presser was held largely to update the media on Fury’s plans for his upcoming training camp, including details of who will be supporting him in the camp.
But it developed into other aspects surrounding the fight – including how John believes the bout will go down.
And although he analysed the styles of both Fury and Usyk, it was his initial comments that left the room surprised.
John said: “It’s going to be a chess match… it’s going to be a boxing mIt could end up a bit of a boring fight to watch, because that’s what they do…”The main table descended into laughter at that comment, with Tyson shouting: “Buy your tickets here, guys!”
One of his entourage then added: “We’ve reduced the tickets now…”Tyson then joked that Usyk would knock him out in the first round, to more laughter from those in attendance in Morecambe for the press conference.When speaking about the Ukrainian fighter in more general terms, Fury said: “It’s not personal. It’s strictly business for both fighters.
“There’s a lot of stuff on the line, but I don’t hate him. I respect him as a man, as a fighter.Anyone would have to respect the man’s achievements. He’s unified heavyweight champion, undisputed cruiserweight champion.”
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