FANS are convinced that they know why Tyson Fury won’t fight Oleksandr Usyk.
The revelation from fans comes after the emergence of footage showing Fury talking about his fight with Steve Cunningham.
While Fury won the 2013 bout against the American with a seventh-round knockout, he claimed that it was his “hardest fight” he ever had.
In the TikTok video, Fury says: “Cunningham was the hardest fight I ever did have in my whole career, amateur or professional.
“The reason being, he was very slippery.
“The way I explain Cunnigham is like a conger eel pouring oil all in front of me.
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“I couldn’t pin him down, he was light on his feet, he was weighing 208lbs or something.
“He was a three-time cruiserweight champion of the world.”
The video then ends with a clip of the fight between the two in which Fury gets knocked down by a punch from Cunningham.
And fans believe that Usyk has a similar style to that of Cunningham and that is the real reason why Fury did not want to fight the Ukrainian.
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One commented: “Usyk reminded him and he avoided it.”
A second wrote: “Yep I remember this interview and Usyk is miles and miles better than Cunningham.”
A third said: “One thing is guaranteed, Usyk would be a harder fight in every way.”
A fourth user added: “I think the point people are making is that Usyk is a far better, technical, quicker fighter than Cunningham.”
Talks between Fury and Usyk collapsed amid a row over the financials for a potential rematch.
Both sides have blamed each other for failing to get it on.
The pair had agreed in principle to an undisputed fight on April 29.
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
