John Fury blames rivals for Tyson combating Ngannou and never Usyk – EXCLUSIVE

John Fury has come out in defence of Tyson Fury‘s controversial crossover conflict with Francis Ngannou. Fans had hoped to see the ‘Gypsy King’ sq. off towards Oleksandr Usyk on the again finish of the 12 months for all 4 main sanctioning physique belts.

However, that appears extraordinarily unlikely now with Fury set to go toe-to-toe towards Ngannou on October 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In unprecedented circumstances, the reigning WBC heavyweight world champion will face the previous UFC heavyweight champion in a twelve-round bout underneath Marquess of Queensbury boxing guidelines.

The announcement has not been obtained properly by the general public with many branding it a ‘Mickey Mouse struggle’. But Fury Sr has positioned the blame on the opposite contenders within the division ‘for not combating his son’. 

He informed Express Sport courtesy of Free Bets Ireland: “Well, he’s beat everybody out there. He’s the best in the world. And I think people are just sore because there’s a lot of green-eyed monsters about, and most of it is jealousy, you know because anybody with a brain will know it’s a good business move, it’s a good payday. 

You know, I think the people make comments are people who are irrelevant anyway. I know fans are what we want, but what can he do? What can he do? No one wants to fight the kid.

“So this chance introduced itself. He took it with each fingers, and why not? And there’s solely the good nation of Saudi to place these fights on now as a result of they’re blowing every part out of the water.

“The rest of the world can’t compete with Saudi Arabia. Not a chance. So people today are making comments about things they don’t really understand.

“Muhammad Ali did the identical factor when he was lineal champion. What’s he doing unsuitable? He cannot get a struggle, there isn’t any mandatories. So what does he do? Sits on his arms to please the general public? 

“I don’t think he’s going to do that. That’s why it’s called professional boxing. It’s about money and business. That’s it. Good luck to him. There’s no more you can say.

“But actually, I can perceive the place the true boxing purists are coming from. But right this moment, like I’ve mentioned all alongside, the politics on this sport, it has develop into all about politics and cash. I’m afraid the general public are proper, it might spoil the job as a result of individuals do not wish to struggle.”