Tyson Fury has revealed he is not interested in the heavyweight championship and is more focused on the money he will make from his fight with Oleksandr Usyk on May 18 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Some fans were upset to hear WBC heavyweight champion Fury publicly admit that he got into the sport for the money rather than to win the belt.
Fury's fortune is conservatively estimated at $65 million, but it could be even more than that. Fury even admitted today that he is on track to become boxing's first billionaire.
Hearing Fury sound greedy and gluttonous, fans will be wondering whether the outcome of the Usyk fight will see Tyson pick up another controversial win to endure the money that continues to flow in. Are not.
Fans felt Fury lost his last fight to Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia and was given a gift by the judges.
Size is the talking point, money is the goal
The 6'7″ Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) has a lot of weight on his hands since he suffered a mysterious cut, giving him more time to train, pointing out that the welterweight fighters If a heavyweight often goes to heavyweight, he will lose to a heavier category. combat aircrafts.
Fury is right. Former heavyweight fighters often have difficulty moving up to heavyweight and fighting a quality big man. However, Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) defeated 6'6” Anthony Joshua twice, proving that he is an exception to the rule.
Fans were alarmed when Sir Turki Alalshikh praised Fury at today's press conference, calling him a “beautiful diamond” and talking about wanting him to fight ten more times.
Fans on social media saw how Alalshikh praised Fury, and they immediately suspected that Usyk would have no chance of a decisive win on May 18 and would be in the same boat as Ngannou if the fight goes to the card game.
“Money drives me”
“I am the best. I'm just defending my 'best point' against him,” Tyson Fury said during today's training session. Press Conference on his fight with Oleksandr Usyk on May 18. “We split the weights for a reason. As cruiserweights rise to the level of the big boys, they are often found to be incompetent.
“You can beat the average big guys, but you can't beat the elite big guys because size really matters. This is the truth.”
“Everybody talks about it, I get paid,” Fury said of wanting to get as much money as possible for the Usyk fight. “Money drives me, not belts. It's just about the coins.”
