Tyson Fury v Deontay Wilder 3

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Bob Arum admits he 'screamed' at the Tyson Fury camp over Covid liberties

Top Rank’s chairman and boxing promoter Bob Arum revealed that WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury did not have both his vaccinations against COVID-19.

Fury had received one vaccination shot, but decided against having the second, as he was concerned about having a reaction that would force him to miss training camp time.

Subsequently, ‘The Gypsy King’ ended up getting COVID-19, testing positive on July 5, which led to the announcement of the anticipated match with Deontay Wilder being pushed back from July 24 to October 9.

Speaking to WBN, Arum said:

“They told me he was vaccinated. I assumed it was two shots. Who gets vaccinated and doesn’t get their second shot?

“I never knew that he hadn’t (gotten the second one) until he got sick. I really screamed at all of them.

“The people in the gym, I mean, we had no controls. It was like every sparring partner brought his friend, other corner people.

“SugarHill (Steward) had these Russians he trains running around. There was absolutely no precaution taken, which a lot of it was our fault. We should have been the adults in the room.”

While Fury did not complete his round of vaccinations, Wilder and his immediate team did at the insistence of his management, even though they were initially reluctant.

Arum said: “They did the right thing, and they’re to be commended, and we didn’t do the right thing.”

In addition, Arum also hit back at rival promoter Eddie Hearn’s comments regarding the fight being pushed back due to slow ticket sales. He said:

“All those people on social media who said, ‘hey, it was because of slow ticket sales,’ — yeah, slow ticket sales.

“We had $15 million in the bank from ticket sales. This is not like a fighter pulls out because his shoulder hurts. Bicep hurts. There, there might be room for suspicion.”

Fury is currently with his pregnant wife Paris back in the UK, who is due to give birth before the WBC Champion will restart his training for the rescheduled bout.

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[Vendettos]

Can’t remember a fight this big that I cared less about.

[Master]

Can’t remember a fight this big that I cared less about.

It's a means to an end to get AJ v Fury. It has to happen.

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Can’t remember a fight this big that I cared less about.

It's a means to an end to get AJ v Fury. It has to happen.

Ha ha, IF aj beats Usyck

[Master]

Can’t remember a fight this big that I cared less about.

It's a means to an end to get AJ v Fury. It has to happen.

Ha ha, IF aj beats Usyck

If Fury beats Wilder.

[Vendettos]

Can’t remember a fight this big that I cared less about.

It's a means to an end to get AJ v Fury. It has to happen.

True but Fury won’t fight AJ, he’s terrified.

I’m starting to think Fury is overrated, I am mean who has he really beat? An aged Klitschko? Klitschko was what? 40 when they fought and I know he gave AJ issues but Fury runs like mad and against a 40 year old it was basically a cake walk.

His best performance was against Wilder. Was it class or did Wilder just have a bad night? He nearly decapitated Fury in the first fight and he was down for something like 14 real seconds.

[Master]

Can’t remember a fight this big that I cared less about.

It's a means to an end to get AJ v Fury. It has to happen.

True but Fury won’t fight AJ, he’s terrified.

I’m starting to think Fury is overrated, I am mean who has he really beat? An aged Klitschko? Klitschko was what? 40 when they fought and I know he gave AJ issues but Fury runs like mad and against a 40 year old it was basically a cake walk.

His best performance was against Wilder. Was it class or did Wilder just have a bad night? He nearly decapitated Fury in the first fight and he was down for something like 14 real seconds.

Oddly enough Fury has never defended the title once he has won it yet. Something always seems to get in the way. Fury went missing for 3 years with mental health/substance misuse issues whilst AJ cleared up.

AJ did not unify against Wilder to become undisputed and Fury snuck in to win but because of various reasons still not defended the title successfully.

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I care even less about it and trust what Fury says less. Shame.

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Heavyweight contender Michael Hunter has claimed Tyson Fury 'wasn't training too well' ahead of his rescheduled bout with Deontay Wilder.

The 'Gypsy King' was forced to withdraw from his clash with Wilder, which was initially scheduled for last month, after a number of Covid-19 positive tests were recorded in his camp ahead of the bout.

But Hunter has cast doubt on his reason for withdrawing labelling the reports of fury testing positive for coronavirus 'fishy'.

“We do know that he wasn’t doing too well in the gym, but not enough to call the fight off," Hunter told Fight Hype.

“To me, it was kind of funny because, on the first day, they said, ‘Somebody on this team got Covid’.

"And them the next thing we heard was Tyson got Covid. So I thought that was a little fishy."

Fury himself tested positive for the virus as the outbreak took hold of his training camp, but he was spotted taking pictures and greeting fans around Las Vegas in the days after the postponement of the contest.

The bout has now been rescheduled to take place on October 9 in Las Vegas, with British rival Anthony Joshua's clash with Oleksandr Usyk just two weeks prior to the lineal heavyweight champion's ring return.

But Hunter has backed Fury to defeat Wilder for the second time in their trilogy.

“I’m leaning more towards Fury," Hunter continued.

"He got a draw in the first fight, which he just got off the couch in his first fight back. Then he won the second fight."

Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn was another name in the boxing world to raise suspicion around the postponement of the contest citing 'poor ticket sales', which was later rubbished by Queensberry Promotions promoter Frank Warren who wanted to put an end to 'conspiracy theories'.

His domestic heavyweight rival Joshua, has vowed to 'drop his belts' if required to do so in order to force a fight between the pair after their respective fights in the coming fights.

Fury's promoter Bob Arum is confident that 'an easy deal' can be done when the time comes, and believes the heavyweight champion pair owe the undisputed fight to be held in the UK for the 'fans'.

"Joshua is fighting in September, we are fighting in October. Obviously [Joshua vs Fury] will take place next year," Arum told Sky Sports.

"My position is: if Fury and Joshua win, screw any mandatories! Fury vs Joshua is the fight that people want to see. Period. End of story.

"Both fighters owe the UK fans this tremendous event at Wembley or Cardiff, rather than taking it to a foreign country. That is an easy fight to make. It is not a hard fight to make."

Fury has recently received a phone call from Donald Trump ahead of his trilogy bout with Wilder, with the WBC champion also receiving praise from UFC star Khabib Nurmagomedov who labelled him as 'the best fighter in the world'.

Wilder's trainer Malik Scott has backed his man to take victory in the October contest, suggesting that from the footage he has seen the Briton is 'struggling in sparring' ahead of their rematch.

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