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TYSON FURY could hang up his gloves following the collapse of his showdown with Oleksandr Usyk.The Gypsy King’s historic undisputed heavyweight title fight with the undefeated Ukrainian officially fell through on Wednesday after weeks of trying to resurrect the bout.
Tyson Fury’s historic showdown with Oleksandr Usyk officially collapsed this weekCredit: Reuters
The mouthwatering bout fell through after Fury’s constant moving of the goalpostsCredit: GETTY
Promoter Frank Warren has revealed the Gypsy King could go back into retirementCredit: PA
Fury, 34, is “down” following the collapse of the legacy-defining fight, so much so he could opt to bring down the curtain of his career.
Promoter Frank Warren told SecondsOut: “Everything’s too raw at the moment.
“Listen, he may retire. I don’t know what he wants to do. He’ll do whatever he wants to do.”
Fury and Usyk were on course to crown an undisputed ruler of the heavyweight at Wembley on April 29.
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The fight nearly went by the wayside when Fury demanded an outrageous 70 per cent split of the purse, which Usyk stunningly agreed to.
The Gypsy King then demanded there be no rematch clause for the contest, a demand which has ultimately laid waste to the bout.
WBC heavyweight king Fury took aim at the slick southpaw in an explosive Twitter rant on Thursday, saying: ”
“Uysk, you proper little s***bag, bog-eyed, gappy-teethed, ugly little rat b*****d
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“You little slimy f****r.
“[You] tried all week to get out of it [the fight] begging for the rematch.
“You proper little s***bag, bog-eyed, gappy-teethed, ugly little rat b*****d.
“You tried all week to get to it, begging like a little girl. You got your rematch and you didn’t even want to fight at that.
“You little s***house p***y.
“Always know, p***y, that you were never man enough to tangle with the Gypsy King ever in your life, you little s***thouse.

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“You little 14-stone coward.
“You little s***bag, you rat little b*****d.
“Your full team know as well and all the lawyers have got [the] full information.”
The former unified heavyweight champ then taunted Usyk over his seemingly nailed-on showdown with mandatory WBA title challenger Daniel Dubois.
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He continued: “You little ugly b*****d, keep running. Fight Dubois at the Copper Box, s**t bag.
“And always know you, or anybody else like ya, could ever tangle with the Gypsy King.” More

LAWRENCE OKOLIE remains close with mentor Anthony Joshua but has set fire to his relationship with Eddie Hearn.The 30-year-old WBO world cruiserweight champion has undergone a drastic overhaul of his career, parting with AJ’s 258 management team, the DAZN streaming app fronted by Joshua, and Hearn’s Matchroom promotional stable.
Lawrence Okolie has claimed that Eddie Hearn does not understand everything about boxingCredit: Hamish Brown/SCTR
As the boxing promoter has never stepped inside of the ringCredit: Rex
Okolie only took up boxing after watching 33-year-old Joshua win the 2012 London Olympics, while working a shift in McDonalds. And he seemed close to Hearn after he guided him to a world title win in 2021.
But, ahead of Saturday’s comeback bout against David Light after a year out settling these business disputes, Okolie explains his admiration remains for AJ but the same cannot be said of Hearn.
The 18-0 Hackney ace said: “As people, me and Joshua are still friendly.
“He’s someone that no matter what happens going forwards, I’m always going to have respect for. 
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“My life has changed through his life if that makes sense. That’s something I’ll never take away from. Business is business. It is what it is. 
“AJ is a fighter who understands certain things not like someone like Eddie – who has never been in a ring – will understand.”
Okolie and fellow 2016 Olympian Joshua Buatsi have almost identical stories, coming from London, starring as amateurs, signing with AJ and Hearn and both recently leaving for Sky Sports, with plenty of bad blood.
The always reserved and respectful Buatsi, 30, also parted on spikey terms, accusing Hearn of being deliberately misleading about his career.
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And Okolie goes deeper, suggesting the way Hearn handles his fighters and the truth will have a negative effect on future generations of British fighters.
“It’s not just about me and Buatsi,” he said. “If stuff keeps going the way it’s going then it will keep happening. 
“I think what people need to understand is it is not about us. 
“I’ve only got a few years in the ring left, god willing, then you have all the up-and-comers.
“We went to a boxing gym on Wednesday, full of kids and we don’t know which one of them kids is going to be the next champion. 
“They’re looking and wondering: ‘Why is Lawrence saying this, why is Buatsi saying this and why is the next person saying this?’ 
“It’s just about helping the next ones that are coming through. That’s what we have to focus on.” More

TYSON FURY is gutted that his undisputed showdown with Oleksandr Usyk collapsed – even if he’ll never show it.Late on Tuesday night, the six-month talks went up in smoke over the purse split of the rematch.
Tyson Fury is gutted that his fight with Oleksandr Usyk collapsedCredit: Getty
The bout against the Ukrainian fell through after a disagreement on a rematch purse splitCredit: Getty
Trainer SugarHill Steward (right) insists Fury wants ‘to fight’Credit: Getty
WBC champ Fury, 34 had already squeezed every penny out of the 36-year-old WBA, IBF and WBO boss by getting 70-30 of the April 29 Wembley showdown and Uysk wanted the same deal if he won in London and they secured a rerun.
The Gypsy King, who has already held all of Usyk’s three belts after he dethroned Wladimir Klitschko in 2015, insists the ultimate four-belt supremacy means nothing to him.
But American trainer SugarHill Steward says his ever-bullish protege will be bruised by this super-fight collapsing: “Of course Tyson is down, he wants to fight.
“He’ll fight any heavyweight with a big name. Tyson was ready, Tyson is always ready.
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“He would fight after an eight-week camp, I tell him he only needs six because he is old school. Tyson is old school so he is always training.”
When asked if the frustrating failure to secure the biggest fight in boxing could send Fury spiralling back toward his mental health problems, Steward said: “It can happen to anyone, it can happen to me, anyone.”
Fury currently has no mandatory challenger for his WBC crown – unlike Usyk, who has to face WBA mandatory Daniel Dubois this summer – so he can pick his next opponent.
And Steward – in Manchester to train WBO cruiserweight champ Lawrence Okolie for his Saturday night defence against David Light – says any big man, with a big profile, can step into the fray with as little as one month’s warning.
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The Kronk gym mastermind said: “I want Tyson to fight anyone who is willing to get in there and fight him without all this contractual baggage. Anyone like that will get that fight made.
“If you need ten weeks to train for another man, you ain’t in boxing.
“You should already be in shape, you should not have a lot of weight to lose, and if you need to lose weight, it would come off in a heartbeat.
“Those long training camps are for fighters who are not ready, who are out of shape and haven’t been doing anything.
“In the old days, people didn’t need a 12-week camp because they had a world title fight eight weeks after their last fight.
“Guys stayed in shape, boxing was their lifestyle, as it should be. It’s Tyson’s lifestyle, as it should, he can fight anyone on four weeks’ notice.”
Fury himself launched and extraordinary x-rated rant accusing Usyk of ‘running’ from their now-dead undisputed heavyweight showdown.
a frustrated Fury took to Instagram on Thursday to say: “Uysk, you proper little s***bag, bog-eyed, gappy-teethed, ugly little rat b*****d
“You little slimy f****r. [You] tried all week to get out of it [the fight] begging for the rematch.
“You proper little s***bag, bog-eyed, gappy-teethed, ugly little rat b*****d. You tried all week to get to it, begging like a little girl. You got your rematch and you didn’t even want to fight at that.
“You little s***house p***y. Always know, p***y, that you were never man enough to tangle with the Gypsy King ever in your life, you little s***thouse.
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“You little 14-stone coward. You little s***bag, you rat little b*****d.
“Your full team know as well and all the lawyers have got [the] full information.” More

TYSON FURY has accused Oleksandr Usyk of “running” from their now-dead undisputed heavyweight showdown.The first undisputed heavyweight title fight in nearly a quarter-of-a-century fell through on Wednesday after weeks of failed negotiations.
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk were set to throw down on April 29Credit: REUTERS
But their undisputed heavyweight clash officially fell through this weekCredit: GETTY
Gypsy King Fury has blamed Usyk for the collapse of the historic showdownCredit: INSTAGRAM@TYSONFURY
Unified champion Usyk agreed to Fury’s outrageous purse demands but the mouthwatering bout still failed to come to fruition, with a rematch clause being one of the main reasons why.
And a frustrated Fury took to Instagram on Thursday to say: “Uysk, you proper little s***bag, bog-eyed, gappy-teethed, ugly little rat b*****d
“You little slimy f****r.
“[You] tried all week to get out of it [the fight] begging for the rematch.
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“You proper little s***bag, bog-eyed, gappy-teethed, ugly little rat b*****d.
“You tried all week to get to it, begging like a little girl. You got your rematch and you didn’t even want to fight at that.
“You little s***house p***y.
“Always know, p***y, that you were never man enough to tangle with the Gypsy King ever in your life, you little s***thouse.
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“You little 14-stone coward.
“You little s***bag, you rat little b*****d.
“Your full team know as well and all the lawyers have got [the] full information.”
Usyk, 36, will probably now defend his titles against mandatory WBA title challenger Daniel Dubois in a fight Fury was quick to mock.
He added: “You little ugly b*****d, keep running. Fight Dubois at the Copper Box, s**t bag.
“And always know you, or anybody else like ya, could ever tangle with the Gypsy King.”

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Boxing fans are hopeful of a miracle to save the pair’s proposed April 29 showdown at Wembley, although Fury’s co-promoter Frank Warren insists the fight is dead in the water.
He told the BBC: “They said the fight must take place before 29 April and if it goes later they want different splits.
“The reason they did that was they didn’t think Tyson would be ready for the 29th and suddenly Tyson was ready for it.
“He has been in training camp for two-and-a-half weeks, got trainers in from America and they looked for a way to get out.”
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He added: “There is an established rota of who Usyk has to defend against.
“That’s why after the 29th it goes away.” More

TYSON FURY has been spotted out and about for the first time since his mooted bout with Oleksandr Usyk fell through.The Ukrainian’s agent Egis Klimas confirmed that negotiations with the Gypsy King had broken down – blaming the Brit’s demands.
Tyson Fury has been spotted for the first time since talks with Usyk’s camp broke downCredit: Splash
Oleksandr Usyk’s historic bout with Fury has fallen throughCredit: Getty
A stunning April 29 Wembley bout had been in the works, which would have unified the heavyweight division.
But fans’ hopes of witnessing such a historic occasion on British soil have gone up in flames, with Usyk now set to face mandatory challenger Daniel Dubois in June or July instead.
Fury, 34, is also likely to return in the summer, although he remains in training – the WBC champ keeping himself in pristine condition.
Speaking about talks with the Gypsy King’s team, Klimas revealed: “No matter how much Usyk compromised, he was pushed for more.”
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Following the breakdown of negotiations, Fury was mocked by Usyk’s wife Yekaterina.
She took to Instagram to post a picture of Fury’s face edited onto a queen wearing a dress.
And she then added in Ukrainian: “And for the last time. Being greedy is very bad!!! The best is yet to come!!!”
She then also posted a mocked up poster of Fury and Derek Chisora – joking that after avoiding Usyk, the Gypsy King would fight Del Boy again.
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Fury was mocked on Instagram by Usyk’s wife Yekaterina
Yekaterina wrote: “This is the fight that the fans of Belly Fury are waiting for @tysonfury.”
While Fury will not be fighting Usyk any time soon, his old foe Deontay Wilder is interested in stepping in and fighting the former cruiserweight king.
His manager Shelly Finkel told Sky Sports: “If the Oleksandr Usyk fight is available, Deontay Wilder will take it in a heartbeat.”
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