Rumours that Tyson Fury was getting 'turned over' in sparring forward of his now-rescheduled undisputed heavyweight conflict with Oleksandr Usyk are unfaithful, Express Sport understands. Sources with inside data declare that the Gypsy King was on high type throughout pre-fight preparations and even pressured one sparring companion to give up his Saudi camp early after failing to maintain up with the lineal heavyweight champion within the ring.

This comes after murmurs circulated on-line that Fury had been dropped in sparring by Ring Magazine cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia. Sky Sports pundit Johnny Nelson then got here out and claimed he had heard Fury was getting 'turned over' within the fitness center.

But our sources insist that is unfaithful. Before Fury suffered a minimize in sparring that pressured the Usyk battle to be pushed again to May 18, the lineal heavyweight champion is claimed to have been firing on all cylinders.

When the news broke on Friday that the battle was to be postponed, Fury took to Instagram to show he was in nice form by sharing a snap of his shredded physique to his seven million followers.

"Can't help getting injured in sparring but what I can say was Usyk was in trouble, I am in fantastic shape," wrote Fury. "I will reschedule (as) soon as I can. 2024 a massive year for Team GK (Gypsy King)."

Doctors have since checked Fury's eye and confirmed that the May 18 date will give his minimize ample time to heal. The gash above his proper eye required 11 stitches so he must avoid sparring for a number of weeks.

Explaining how the minimize happened, Fury's promoter Warren informed talkSPORT: “It happened this morning [Friday] in sparring with a Croatian heavyweight who caught his eye with his elbow.

“I can’t tell you how gutted everybody is and I obviously feel for Tyson, I feel for Usyk and I feel sorry for His Excellency Turki Alalshikh and everyone who works at the Riyadh Season because this is an event that we all worked hard to make happen and unfortunately it’s going to be postponed now.”

Express Sport can verify that the boxer who minimize Fury is 20-2 Croatian heavyweight Agron Smakici.