TYSON FURY stormed out of a YouTube interview after warning Oleksandr Uyk’s manager about “calling his wife Paris a bitch”.
The Gypsy King was speaking to Ariel Helwani after withdrawing from his clash against Usyk due to a cut above his eye sustained in a sparring session.
He was joined by Saudi boxing supremo Turki Alalshikh, while Usyk and manager Egis Klimas joined the chat remotely.
The exclusive stream saw a new date of May 18 set for the highly-anticipated heavyweight bout.
It also saw an angry Fury react after Uysk’s manager Egis Klimas called him a “coward” for dodging the original February 17 agreement.
Klimas said after Friday’s cancellation: “Tyson Fury is a f*****g coward who will do anything not to face Usyk.
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“And he asked his bitch to hit him with a frying pan in his brow. You can quote me word for word for that.
“When the news was brought to Oleksandr, he just smiled. That is all he did. He is too mentally strong to break. I was waiting for this moment.”
Fury brought up the remarks in the interview as he shouted: “Never call me a coward again.
“I have had 35 professional fights in my life, I have been boxing 18 years, I’ve climbed off the canvas ten times against the biggest punchers in history to win.
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“Never a coward, never backed down from any man in my life.
“If anyone calls my wife a b****, I’ll take their f****ing teeth out.”
Kilmas was mocking Fury by pointing at the camera while he was ranting.
He then bluntly responded: “I didn’t call your wife a b****.”
Fury then replied: “Well, I’ll apologise for that then because I thought you were talking about my wife – but never call me a coward.
“How can you call me a coward, you have never boxed in your life.”
Kilmas hit back: “May 18 you are going to be finito.”
Fury didn’t stop there, adding: “You are all going to be working for me, you ugly little b*****d.”
He then jumped up and walked off camera as Saudi chief Alalshikh followed him out.
Will Tyson Fury really be ready for Usyk on May 18?
TYSON FURY and Oleksandr Usyk will now meet on May 18 after their undisputed fight was rescheduled following the Gypsy King’s horror cut in training.
It could mean Fury has just 17 DAYS to fully prepare for the mouthwatering clash.
Here, SunSport boxing expert Wally Downes Jr reveals whether the Brit will be fully prepared for the task at hand…
Fury insists he only needed 11 stitches on the gash over his right eye, promoter Frank Warren had earlier said 14, and it did look to be healing nicely when he appeared online to debate Usyk on Saturday evening.
Whichever it is, it makes this new scratch sound like a paper cut compared to the axe wound he suffered against Otto Wallin in 2019.
Doctors will try to ban Fury from any physical activity while the cut heals and then prescribe a very slow return to training and only when it is completely repaired will he be advised to spar.
However, trying to tell the 35-year-old Gypsy King what he can and cannot do might be a tall order for the little doctor charged with the task of policing the 6ft 9ins 20st maverick.
The maths suggests he might only have 17 days of sparring to prepare for the super-talented southpaw, who grabbed gold at London 2012 and became undisputed cruiserweight king.
And, while Fury is supposedly resting up and recovering from this latest set-back, Usyk will still be training his mind and body, doing practice rounds with giants and growing in confidence.
While Fury is sidelined, he will undoubtedly gain weight. He was as big as 22st just eight weeks out from his October scare against Francis Ngannou, so he still has not tamed his appetite.
And Fury fans will definitely worry that an enforced break, another stumbling block and another scar target for Usyk to aim his punches at, will all play into the 37-year-old Ukraine icon’s favour on May 18.
Helwani then asked Kilmas if he regrets calling Fury a “coward” and he replied: “I still feel the same.”
Fury, 35, suffered the injury on Friday and admitted that he was “devastated”, while insisting he was in “superb condition”.
He was caught by an elbow during his sparring session and needed 11 stitches.
The new date for the fight is May 18, almost exactly three months after the original bout was set to happen.
He will have have only 17 days to prepare, according to Fury’s former cutman Jorge Capetillo.
Alalshikh confirmed the news and a staggering wager between the duo, saying: “I have delayed it for May 18, I guarantee for both of the fighters £10million if someone escapes from the fight.
“We will make the people around the world know if someone is scared.”
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He also made it clear that any payment will come from the fighter’s bank accounts – not from the Saudis.
There are four heavyweight titles on the line and the winner the first undisputed heavyweight champion in 25 years.
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
