The WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has mocked Oleksandr Usyk’s response to the alleged low blow that he suffered against Daniel Dubois.
The unified heavyweight champion hit the canvas in the fifth round, as there were serious question marks over whether or not the Ukrainian would have been stopped. However, to his relief, Dubois’ shot was declared a low blow. The rest was history as Usyk stopped the Brit in the ninth round. The result created a lot of tension, with many believing that Dubois was deprived of a victory.
🚨 KIT ALERT 🚨 👀 #SoftBelly #FURYNGANNOU #Riyadhseason @francis_ngannou / @usykaa pic.twitter.com/q9gHFn2tCm
— TYSON FURY (@Tyson_Fury) August 31, 2023
Regardless of what the case may have been, Fury trolled the Ukrainian by wearing his shorts high in the picture above. The positioning of the shorts was alleged to have been a key factor in why it was classed as a low blow.
Is Fury Ducking Usyk?
While Fury’s comments may get under Usyk’s skin, the fact of the matter is that fans have been waiting for an undisputed fight between the two. And yet, Fury’s real motivations for not fighting Usyk may have been revealed in his Netflix documentary ‘At Home With The Furys.’
The talks over an undisputed fight have failed to result in a positive agreement. Despite Usyk agreeing to take a 70-30 split, the fight failed to get made in April at Wembley. The disagreements over the rematch split meant Usyk demanded the same split for the winner, while Fury was adamant on 50-50. However, the following comments suggest that Fury questioned the viability of facing the Ukrainian anyway.
“Beating Usyk doesn’t do anything for me, who the flipping heck is he? Me giving Usyk a fight is like me not chucking him the bone, but chucking him the full dog’s home.
“Everybody expects me to beat Usyk, a middleweight guy who is smaller than me. If he beat me it’s like, ‘Oh my god, he beat the mammoth who no one thought could be beat!’ I’m not going to give somebody the opportunity to gain that,” Fury
Those comments suggested that Fury was looking to avoid Usyk. After all, by doing so, the ‘Gypsy King’ would turn down the chance to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. And since this feat has not been achieved since 1999 when Lennox Lewis beat Evander Holyfied, fans were understandably very vocal on social media.
Social Media Response
Tyson Fury should be stripped of the WBC belt or forced to fight Usyk, Joshua, Zhang or Hrgovic next.
Fighting Chisora as a WBC defense and holding up the division to fight a mma fighter is criminal.
It's good to see most fans are waking up to how much of a ducking fraud he is. pic.twitter.com/EZHTQOO5Nl
— Flash Box News (@FlashBoxNews) August 31, 2023
Tyson Fury one of the dirtiest active boxers and ducking Usyk by fighting mma guy 🤣
— Ozzy (@Ozzy818) August 31, 2023
Sounds like you deflecting there buddy 🤣
You lost the argument, keep crying.
Fact is Fury is ducking Usyk, Joshua, Zhang and Hrgovic for Chisora and mma fighter.
You can't handle it and are very bitter and jealous of the #1 HW usyk. Seek help you aren't right in the head
— Flash Box News (@FlashBoxNews) August 31, 2023