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      Tyson Fury claims Derek Chisora fight is NOT tune up for Usyk… as he only needs two weeks training to ‘splatter’ rival

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      TYSON FURY says fighting Derek Chisora is not a tune-up for Oleksandr  Usyk — as he only needs two weeks of training to “splatter” the Ukrainian.WBC heavyweight champion Fury was turned down by WBA, IBF and WBO boss Usyk and Anthony Joshua as they recover from their August bout.
      Tyson Fury insists his fight against Derek Chisora is not a tune-up for Oleksandr UsykCredit: Getty
      Fury turned to Chisora after failing to land either Usyk or Anthony JoshuaCredit: Getty
      So the Gypsy King, 34, agreed to a third fight with 38-year-old Chisora, with one eye on an undisputed decider with Usyk in March.
      But the 6ft 9in, 19st powerhouse insists Usyk, who narrowly beat Chisora on points in October 2020, is overrated.
      He said: “I’m not preparing for Usyk at all. I’ll train for him for two weeks. I do not rate him.
      “People keep going on about Usyk… why couldn’t he do anything with Chisora when they boxed?
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      “I’m going to splatter him. How’s he going to do anything with me? He’s not.”
      Fury takes on Chisora at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on December 3. 
      And the Mancunian is confident he will see off Del Boy again having beaten him in 2011 and 2014 — before then taking three fights next year.
      An Usyk double and then a dance with the best challenger remaining looks on the menu.
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      But Fury, who regularly threatens to retire, is now claiming he will struggle to walk away from the sport amid his mental health struggles.
      He added: “I don’t think I can live a normal life.
      “I feel I need medical help to be able to do that and if there is somebody out there who could help me, I’d love them to get in touch. 
      “I won’t be able to leave this game and have a normal life unless I’m brain-trained to do that because a normal life is out of order for me.
      “I’ll just keep going, keep  fighting. I’m going to have three fights next year, starting in February with Usyk and if he wants a rematch, he can have a rematch.
      “Then someone at the back end of the year — Deontay Wilder if he’s mandatory, Joe Joyce, Daniel Dubois, there’s plenty of British beef to go after Chisora.”

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      Londoner Chisora, who has lost three of his last four fights, has now got a shot at the title and a £2million early Christmas present.
      And the veteran reckons he knew he was in line for the trilogy as far back as July because AJ has too many brands and business people to please. 
      He revealed: “AJ could not take the fight because there were so many complications with sponsors and promoters.
      “The fighters always want to fight but the complications come from the business people around them who get in the way.
      “The managers and promoters get in the way, they make it difficult. Even this fight and contract was a headache stressing me out.”
      Fury backed that up by saying: “I believe the final excuse was that their sponsors were conflicted.
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      “If my sponsors told me I can’t fight Derek Chisora next, do you know what I’d say?, ‘Here’s the middle finger, spin on it’.”
      Turning on AJ’s promoter Eddie Hearn, Fury added: “I’m going to say what I said to Eddie — the difference between me and your man is that your man is a businessman and I’m an effing Spartan.” More

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      Tyson Fury confirms he will pay Piers Morgan £1million in POUND COINS after losing bet in retirement

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      TYSON FURY has confirmed he’ll pay Piers Morgan £1million in COINS after losing a bet thanks to his U-turn on retiring.Fury “quit” after beating Dillian Whyte in April but returns against Derek Chisora at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on December 3.
      Tyson Fury says he’ll honour a colourful bet with Piers MorganCredit: Reuters
      Fury shows the money but it’s coins not notes he plans to dish out to Morgan after reversing his retirement decision
      Sun columnist Morgan was one of many to doubt the undefeated two-time world heavyweight champion would walk away from boxing while still in his prime and raking it in.
      And when the Gypsy King insisted he would only box again for £500m, Morgan asked: “How about if you do fight again, you give me a million pounds?”
      Fury replied: “If I am getting half a billion for my fight it won’t matter will it. Yep, 100 per cent.”
      And questioned on talkSPORT if he wold honour that deal, the Mancunian responded he was always paid up on bets.
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      He said: “If I fight again, Piers Morgan is going to get paid in pound coins!
      “That was the deal! He’s gonna get paid in one million pound coins!”
      TV presenter Morgan tweeted back: “BOOM! I’ll take it any way you like, Champ.”
      it’s relatively small change for Fury as he is already plotting three money-spinning fights and believes he has TEN in the tank if needed.
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      After targeting a third win over Chisora, he hopes to meet Oleksandr Usyk for a unification bout and then Londoner Joe Joyce.
      Fury, however, has all but ruled out possibly the most lucrative contest of them all – against Watford’s Anthony Joshua.
      On meeting AJ, he said: “I don’t think so. They’re too hard to work with.
      “It’s too difficult and, like I said, you can’t make someone do something they don’t want to do.
      “When me and [Deontay] Wilder fought the first time, I said ‘send me the contract over’, it was signed within two days. Bosh bosh, see you in a bit.
      “Went over there, did the fight, whatever. When you want to fight somebody, you make the fight happen.”
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      Watch Anthony Joshua in training for comeback fight as heavyweight star vows to ‘keep hustling’ ahead of 2023 return

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      ANTHONY JOSHUA vowed to “keep hustling” ahead of his proposed 2023 boxing return. The former heavyweight champion faces a rebuilding job following consecutive losses to Ukrainian great Oleksandr Usyk.
      Anthony Joshua vowed to ‘keep hustling’ ahead of his proposed 2023 boxing return
      Anthony Joshua training in the gym
      And he is already back to work in the gym, posting a clip shadow boxing with the caption: “KEEP HUSTLING.”
      AJ’s promoter Eddie Hearn had earmarked December 17 as a potential return date after talks to fight Tyson Fury two weeks earlier collapsed.
      But now according to Boxing Scene, Joshua’s comeback fight looks more likely to land in February or even March.
      Recently, Swedish southpaw Otto Wallin, 31, and American veteran Chris Arreola, 41, emerged as potential options for AJ.
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      A rematch with Dillian Whyte, 34, who Joshua knocked out in 2015, is also on the cards for the summer.
      Fury, 34, called out AJ after Usyk, 35, ruled himself out of a unification bout through injury.
      But he instead fights Derek Chisora, 38, in an unpopular trilogy on December 3 following his prior one-sided wins in 2011 and 2014.
      Fury now fears a super-fight with Joshua will NEVER happen, claiming his rival is too tough to negotiate with.
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      He told talkSPORT: “They are too hard to work with. Too difficult and you can’t make someone do something they don’t want to do.”
      Fury added: “You can’t make a fight that somebody else doesn’t want.
      “No matter how much willing I am to make a fight, if the other participant doesn’t want to do it for whatever reason, they are not going to do it.
      “I don’t believe you could have dragged him there with a JCB. It’s a lack of balls.
      “If you are in charge and you’re assertive and you’re the man of your team, you tell the team to make the fight happen if you really want it.
      “If you don’t want it, you find a million excuses why.”
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      ‘I think Tyson Fury wants to have sex with Anthony Joshua’ – Chisora makes bizarre claim about ‘obsessed’ Gyspy King

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      DEREK CHISORA has bizarrely joked Tyson Fury “wants to have sex” with Anthony Joshua.Del Boy believes AJ is living in Fury’s head “rent free” because of how much the Gypsy King talks about him.
      Tyson Fury and Derek Chisora will face off on December 3rdCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun
      Chisora has bizarrely joked Fury ‘wants to have sex’ with AJCredit: Splash
      Fury was vocal in calling out Joshua as the pair tried to agree to a fight, even posting hourly updates at one point, trying to coax AJ into a fight.
      In the end WBC champ Fury claimed AJ missed his deadline to sign a contract for a fight.
      So instead a trilogy bout with Chisora, 38, has now been confirmed for December 3rd.
      And Chisora has already started the mind games ahead of their third encounter, by joking that Fury is “obsessed” with Joshua.
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      He told iFL TV: “I think Tyson, mentally, physically, he wants to have sex with AJ because AJ’s been living in f***ing Tyson’s head for the last f****ing ten years for rent free.
      “Every day [it’s] ‘what’s the bodybuilder doing? He don’t want to fight, oh why, why?’.
      “He’s got a thing for AJ. He fancies AJ. I don’t blame him, AJ’s a good looking boy.”
      Chisora went on to say that Joshua’s name was the first thing to come out of Fury’s mouth when the pair sat down together.
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      He continued: “We sat down, the first thing he said, AJ came out of his mouth.”
      And Del Boy concluded: “Do you understand? The guy is obsessed with f***ing AJ.”
      Fury frequently took to social media to send Joshua messages in which he referenced him as a “bodybuilder” as he tried to coax AJ into a fight.
      In one message, Fury blasted: “AJ, where are you mush? Time is ticking.”
      The Gypsy King continued: “AJ I’ll make it nice and quick for you! I’ll do it inside six rounds so you can get out of there in one piece and go home and have a nice little night out on Sunday.
      “Nice and quick, in and out, get paid and out you go.”
      A different message saw Fury boom: “Sign the contract AJ you little p***y. Sign the bloody contract p***y boy.”
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      Fury has now downplayed his chances of ever coming to blows with AJ inside the ring.
      But he has revealed he could fight another TEN TIMES before finally hanging up his gloves for good.
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      Watch Tommy Fury show off hand speed and power in explosive training for return fight on Floyd Mayweather’s undercard

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      TOMMY FURY looks explosive in training for his return fight on Floyd Mayweather’s undercard. Fury has not boxed since beating Pole Daniel Bocianski, 27, on brother Tyson’s undercard in April at Wembley.
      Tommy Fury training for his next fight
      Tommy Fury returns on Floyd Mayweather’s undercard
      But he is set to do so on November 13 in Dubai against 5-2 American Paul Bamba, 33.
      The bout falls on the undercard of Mayweather’s exhibition against YouTuber Deji, 25.
      Fury, 23, is still eyeing a mega celebrity grudge match against YouTuber-turned boxer Jake Paul, 25.
      He pulled out of their initial fight in December after suffering a rib injury in training.
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      And when they rescheduled for August in New York, this time he suffered a US visa issue, forcing him to withdraw again.
      Fury is open to trying for a THIRD time and will even fight fellow social media fighter KSI, 29, on the same night.
      He told SecondsOut: “I’ve said all along I’d fight the both of them on the same night.
      “Like KSI done with the two people the other day, the rapper and whatever that was, I will do the same with Jake Paul and him on the same night.
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      “When they finally get in the ring with me, I cannot wait to show everybody that what I was saying all along is true, it isn’t a fight for me.
      “If you’re going to ask me to fight a YouTuber, KSI, who plays Fifa on the internet for a living and Jake Paul who does whatever he does, sign me up, not a problem.
      “He’s very lucky that them fights haven’t come off yet. I don’t know what the other one KSI is mentioning my name for because he’s even worse than Jake Paul, so I don’t really know what’s going on.
      “Two fools that need shutting up, so let me tend to my actual business first against actual fighting men and then I will happily get them out of boxing.”
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      Watch Derek Chisora scream slur about Tottenham inside empty Spurs stadium as Tyson Fury trilogy fight confirmed

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      DEREK CHISORA screamed “Tottenham sucks!” across an empty Spurs stadium – but won’t be shouting the odds for his trilogy fight with Tyson Fury.Chisora passed his cheeky screen test but faces a far tougher examination at the same venue against unbeaten Fury on December 3.
      Tyson Fury will attempt to make it three wins against fellow Brit Derek Chisora when they meet at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on December 3Credit: Getty
      Chisora shouted out his Spurs jibe over an empty stadium
      Having lost twice to the Gypsy King, Del Boy War will again be the heavy underdog.
      But he enjoyed himself at Tottenham as he warmed up for what could be a chilling night – for both him and fight fans.
      Spectators are being urged to wrap up well for the outdoor event.
      And Chisora was in a grey jacket, plus cap and sunglasses, as he cupped his hands to launch his jibe at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
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      Onlookers can be heard chuckling as the Brit yells out his anti-Spurs insult from the stands before turning to walk away.
      Chisora and Fury are both Manchester United fans.
      And the Red Devils produced arguably their finest display under Erik ten Hag to beat Spurs 2-0 on Wednesday night.
      But even if Chisora, 38, achieves his own best-ever performance, he is unlikely to topple Fury.
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      In fact, the 34-year-old Mancunian already has his eye on his next two opponents after December.
      Fury fancies taking on Anthony Joshua’s two-time conqueror Oleksandr Usyk so he can hold every heavyweight crown at once.
      He then might face Londoner Joe Joyce, 37, who’s won all 15 of his 15 contests, 14 by knockout.
      Fury, though, claims it’s unlikely his long-teased meeting with Joshua will ever happen.
      He said: “I don’t think so… You can’t make someone do something they don’t want to do.” More

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      ‘Are you scared of me’ – What Tyson Fury told Derek Chisora as rivals came face to face ahead of trilogy fight

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      TYSON FURY kicked off the War of words as he came face to face with Derek Chisora ahead of their trilogy fight. The heavyweight rivals announced the third bout of their series in London, set for December 3 at Tottenham’s stadium.
      Tyson Fury and Derek Chisora ahead of their trilogy fightCredit: Getty
      It comes over a decade after Fury’s first win over Chisora, 38, and eight years on from their one-sided rematch.
      Having stared each other down, Fury, 34, said: “Are you scared of me, Chisora?”
      Fury then switched his attention to Chisora’s close friend Anthony Joshua, 33, following the collapse of their fight talks.
      He said: “You have shown up the body builder. You have shown him up. You showed him.
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      “Man’s a coward. Man’s a coward and I’m just going to keep torturing him until he actually gets the balls to fight.”
      Chisora, nicknamed War, is currently managed by AJ’s 258 stable, but Fury offered to take over the role free of charge.
      He quipped: “Listen, you should let me manage you. I’m the man who has got you this £2million, me. Not AJ.
      “And I’ll do it for free, I won’t take a tenner off you because I like to help people out for nothing.

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      “Free of charge, for old times’ sake. Let me manage you. Let me manage you.”
      Fury is using his unlikely trilogy as a keep-busy fight while Oleksandr Usyk, 35, recovers from injury.
      His promoter Frank Warren revealed plans to fight Usyk in a February undisputed decider, the heavyweight division’s first four-belt unification.
      And then it paves the way for Fury to defend the titles against Joe Joyce, 37, later in the year.
      Meanwhile Joshua, coming off consecutive losses to Usyk, now looks set to return next year after talks with Fury broke down.
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      Tyson Fury claims he has another TEN FIGHTS in him but reveals Anthony Joshua will not be one of them

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      TYSON FURY has claimed he could have another ten fights in him – but downplayed the chances of him ever facing Anthony Joshua. The Gypsy King is preparing for his next fight – the 34th of his professional career – against Derek Chisora on December 3rd.
      Fury believes he has a long future in boxing after U-turning on his retirement plansCredit: Getty
      Anthony Joshua last fought in August and is yet to confirm his next opponentCredit: Getty
      It was announced early this week the bout will take place at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with fans urged to wrap up warm.
      Fury believes the fight could be one of many before he retires as the heavyweight indicated he could step into the ring another ten times.
      It’s an incredible turnaround from the 34-year-old who retired from the sport earlier this year.
      He told Talksport: “I had retirement for four/five months and I didn’t like how it tasted.
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      “I’m here until the cows come home. I might have another ten fights. The only thing that gets me going is boxing.”
      Despite his potential longevity, Fury played down the chances of him ever getting in a ring with Joshua.
      The two camps were involved in intense negotiations over several weeks before things fell apart.
      And Fury now says he doesn’t ever see it happening.
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      When asked if he could ever fight AJ, Fury said: “I don’t think so. They’re too hard to work with.
      “It’s too difficult and, like I said, you can’t make someone do something they don’t want to do.
      “When me and [Deontay] Wilder fought the first time, I said ‘send me the contract over’, it was signed within two days. Bosh bosh, see you in a bit.
      “Went over there, did the fight, whatever. When you want to fight somebody, you make the fight happen.”
      Fury will be hoping to get a crack at Oleksandr Usyk in 2023, with the Ukrainian holding most of the belts in the heavyweight division.
      He’s also indicated a willingness to go head-to-head with fellow Brit Joe Joyce one day. More