Fury v Usyk is on.............!

[Spicoli]

Oleksandr Usyk has told Tyson Fury to not 'be afraid' as he delivered a nine-word message to the WBC king.

Quoted by BBC Sport, Usyk was asked to give a message to the Brit, where he said: "Tyson, hi my brother."

He then stated: "Don't be afraid. I will not leave you alone."

It was recently revealed that Usyk missed the birth of his fourth child while training in Spain before the fight postponement was announced.

And Usyk has now insisted that Fury will have to play by his rules, with an £8million penalty on the line if either man backs out of the contest.

He remarked: "I'm not judging anyone. But the thing is we have to treat this more seriously, this is very important and we have to be cautious.

"We have to treat this professionally. We have to spend every minute in the ring with the intention of having respect for our opponent.

"To judge someone for his mistakes is a weakness. I feel very well and even if someone is trying to play me they are playing by my rules.

"I sacrificed all the dates I wanted to spend with my family, Christmas, New Year, the birthday of my second son and the birth of my daughter.

"I should have been around my wife."

Usyk's manager Klimas ripped Fury following the bombshell news, where he labelled his client's opponent as a 'f***ing coward'.

https://talksport.com/sport/1739705/...ght-postponed/

i just need to combine the vids and ill upload i didn't even need to use prime deon you will be exposed very bad for lying

You actually went back and reposted that? You're the toddler who discovers the S-bomb and says it in a room full of adults. Everyone initially chuckles once or twice. Then by the 5th or in this case the 99th time it's lost its "haha oh my" luster and the adults just want the little obnoxious shat put down for a needed nap. Night Joe

[Primo Carnera]

Joe Schmo………………gooooooooooooone!

[TitoFan]

Good riddance.

[Mark TKO]

Gone?

[Master]

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk’s undisputed world heavyweight title fight could be decided by six judges after a drastic new scoring system was suggested.

That is if World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman has his way, with the Mexican keen to double the usual allocation of three judges for the 18 May bout.

Motivated by the controversial decision in the draw between his organization’s featherweight champion Rey Vargas and Nick Ball, with the Briton denied victory despite scoring knockdowns in the eighth and 11th rounds on the undercard of Anthony Joshua against Francis Ngannou.

“What we saw last week in Saudi Arabia was another example of how fragile officiating worldwide continues to be,” Sulaiman told Boxing Scene.

“We saw one judge have it one way big and another judge having the other guy winning. Controversy like that in the Fury-Usyk fight will kill boxing.”

And Sulaiman has decided to apply for an emergency petition to gain the support of the WBO, WBA and IBF, in addition to the Fury, Usyk and the fighters’ promoters to sanction a six-judge panel.

Sulaiman’s idea is that six judges will further reduce the effect of a bad scorecard or two and confirm the rightful winner.

The idea is thought to be a long shot, however, and Sulaiman concedes it will be met with “lots of resistance,” but he hopes it could be utilised for a “major, major fight”.

“Fights, especially those at this highest level, deserve this and so I’m putting forward this proposal now to all sanctioning bodies, promoters and fighters,” Sulaiman added. “It has to be something we all agree on.”

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/boxi...a8758c3&ei=204

[NoSavingByTheBell]

Well there's absolutely no doubt among any of us that we have seen some absolutely atrocious officiating over the last several years and whatever they can come up with to counteract that I would be all for but I don't know if this particular setup would be effective. Six judges? Why six? Why not an odd number which would sort of be tie breaking in nature? If it ever came to that tiebreaker

[TIC]

the wbc choosing such a big fight to experiment sounds on par for them. probably trying to find a way to rob oleksandr