John Fury Still Denies Usyk Beat Fury – ‘Had His Belts Stolen Off Him’
John Fury still claims that his son, Tyson Fury, beat Oleksandr Usyk.
Fury announced his retirement from boxing after the second Usyk loss. Fury lost a unanimous decision, hitting out at the scorecards once again. He did a similar thing in the first fight, where Usyk won a split decision to become the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion. Despite Tyson claiming he had won, most of the boxing community picked Usyk as the rightful winner. The CompuBox numbers also showed Usyk was the better fighter. Even the AI scoring in the first fight had Usyk as the clear winner.
Fury showed that he struggled to accept the losses with his behavior. In the post-fight comments for the first fight, Tyson claimed Usyk got the win due to Russia’s war with Ukraine. The Gypsy King doubled down on his belief by claiming he had rewatched the fight and believed he had won.
Fury was also seen getting thrown out of a club after the first fight, with reports he was drunk. There is speculation that Fury will come out of retirement after returning to training with SugarHill Steward. There is the Anthony Joshua fight still available, while Usyk has said he is open to a third Fury fight. John Fury was still aggrieved over his son’s losses to Usyk.
Fury Reacts
“Well first and foremost he has his belts stolen off him didn’t he? What can you say? When someone’s paid you a shedload of money, they seem to resent letting you stay champion as well, don’t they? For my money, they probably didn’t want to pay him the same money again. Probably couldn’t afford to pay Tyson the same money again if they’d let him remain as champion. For me, he won both fights.
“In the first one, he needed more rest time to be honest with you. He put a full camp in, got cut, he had three weeks rest and then he was back in the gym for another eight weeks. You can’t do those things. So, by the time he got in the ring, he’d overtrained. There was nothing left of him. But he was facing a 10, 15 million dollar fine. He was backed in a corner. I told him take the fine. I said he’s not going to fine you, there’s no show without you. But he didn’t want to let fans down. Sometimes you’ve got to make your own decisions and not care about other people so much,” John Fury said
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