I’m not defending or attacking Fury. I am just a realist. I think Dec 23rd is too close after the pounding Fury got against Ngannou. Just because that doesn’t suit an anti-Fury agenda it doesn’t mean it’s wrong. AJ or any other fighter would want longer to prepare after a tough fight.
I think the Fury camp thought the Ngannou fight would be easy. They were wrong.
I am gutted that it won’t be the 23rd Dec as I was going to travel to Saudi to watch it. If it’s early next year I don’t think I will be able to go.
Everything suggests they will fight. Contracts signed. Fury even promoted it on Instagram the other day. Usyk wants it (and seemingly only wants that fight).
If Fury ducks out it is the end of his career in my eyes and I don’t think he wants to retire just yet - hence me thinking the fight will happen. It’s come to a head. He has to fight Usyk.
I think it's too soon as well. I posted that on here as soon as they announced that date. It was never going to happen on that date. So why even announce it?
It was conveniently posted a week before the Ngannou fight which was doing terrible numbers and the sheep lapped it up. Again.
That signed contract is good for nothing. It hasn't got a date or venue. There's no legal obligation to fulfil the fight.
We are at the same point as we were 12 months ago when Fury was telling everyone he would fight Usyk in February 2023. Chisora is his warm up fight. Blah blah blah. Then he predictablly didn't get it signed. Moved it into Q2. Didn't get it signed. Then announced that joke fight.
People were saying then what they are saying now. There's no other fight Fury other than Usyk. But he still dodged it. And he'll dodge it again.
Meanwhile Usyk will have to fight some whopper like Hrgovic to keep his belts and people will say boxing is finished. The top fighters won't fight each other. And it all comes down to one man.
It's not an anti Fury agenda. You say you are a realist but you are ignoring the reality of the last 2 years. The realists are the ones who are seeing Fury for what he is.
In the last 2 years (baring in mind he's supposed to be a world champion) he's:
fought a mndatory defence against Dillian Whyte
Retired for 4 months
Fought a voluntary defense against Chisora
Fvcked about Usyk for 6 months
Fought an exhibition fight against Ngannou
That is the reality