TYSON FURY claims to have been offered a sensational crossover clash with UFC champion Jon Jones.
The WBC heavyweight king has been involved in a public back-and-forth with his MMA counterpart for the last few weeks after getting ticked off at a hypothetical fight prediction from Joe Rogan.
And he’s claimed to have received a lucrative offer from the UFC over a sensational punch-up with the two-division champion.
During a Twitter Spaces, the Brit said: “I’ve been in talks with Francis Ngannou for a hybrid fight.
“There’s talks of me and Jon Jones doing a hybrid fight as we talk right now.
“I received an offer from the UFC yesterday. So, you never know what’s gonna happen.
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“The future’s bright for sure. There’s a lot of options out there, and it seems at the moment I’m still going to get an actual boxing opponent.”
MMA fans were quick to react to Fury’s sensational claim, with one tweeting: “He ain’t doing no hybrid fight with Jones.”
Another said: “Damn, Francis really left the UFC to box Tyson and now Jones is possibly fighting Tyson lmao.”
And another said: “A match that is anything other than boxing, in a boxing ring, will absolutely never happen.”
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One remarked: “They gotta do something.”
Another chimed in: “He’s a liar.”
Fury’s claim to have been offered a shock showdown in mixed martial arts’ top promotion came just hours after Jones was said to have revealed text messages detailing talks to an MMA insider.
UFC president Dana White has yet to react to the news, although he did recently reveal he’d be open to letting Fury set foot inside the octagon.
The 53-year-old said: “I like Tyson Fury. I have a great relationship with Tyson Fury.
“But there’s this debate right now about the baddest man on the planet, right?
“Jon Jones is the baddest man on the planet. There’s no doubt about it.
“If you want to discuss another possible baddest man on the planet, it would be Tyson Fury in a boxing [ring].
“And we all know that if Jon Jones boxes Tyson Fury, Tyson Fury wins.
“All these boxing guys want to talk about this, and they want to keep it in the ring.
“I’m telling Tyson Fury, whom I respect very much, if you really want to find out who the baddest man on the planet is, I will make that fight.
“I will make Jon Jones vs Tyson Fury in the Octagon.”
Fury was due to face Oleksandr Usyk in a historic undisputed title fight in April but the clash of champions ended up falling through.
The fight could, however, end up landing in Saudi Arabia – although Fury’s dad insists it won’t come to fruition until Usyk issues an APOLOGY for it collapsing.
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
