Tyson Fury has taken to social media to say that he “is in the best shape of my life” forward of a possible heavyweight unification combat in opposition to Oleksandr Usyk.
Having solely started his coaching camp final week, there have been fears that the WBC heavyweight champion is probably not able to combat on the unique proposed date of April 29.
Taking to Instagram, Fury emphatically halted these rumours, saying that he “can’t wait” for the combat.
“I’m ready to rock and roll, I wish it was this weekend”, he stated, earlier than shouting “I’m a monster!”
Fury and Usyk have been embroiled in a confrontation in latest days whereas ‘negotiating’ to combat for the WBC title alongside the WBA, WBO and IBF championship titles that Usyk gained after beating Anthony Joshua in September 2021.
Both have been lively on social media, with video messages starting from negotiation to easy messages of bravado. Most lately, Usyk responded to Fury’s ‘stupid games’ surrounding a rematch clause. The Brit had beforehand referred to such a clause as “b******s”, urging the Ukrainian to conform to scrapping the clause.
Usyk responded by telling Fury that “the rematch clause came from your side.
“Stop whining and ducking, be a man”, he added.
Fury definitely appears assured not solely of a combat being agreed, however of his personal victory. Later in his video, he says that “I’ve got 70 percent of the undisputed heavyweight championship”.
After insulting Usyk, he additionally assures the Ukrainian that “cruiserweights are getting demolished” and that he will likely be getting “knocked out”.
After Bob Arum declared that the 2 had agreed to combat one another in December of final yr, the 2 appear set to combat at Wembley Stadium on April 29 in what can be the primary undisputed heavyweight unification combat in over twenty years.
Fury beat each Derek Chisora and Dillian Whyte in 2022, whereas Usyk’s solely combat was his victorious rematch in opposition to Joshua in Saudi Arabia.
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