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Tyson Fury refuses to throw a single punch and gives bizarre interview at open workout for Oleksandr Usyk rematch

Sport — 19/12/2024 · 0 Comment

Tyson Fury’s open workout was done and dusted very quickly.

‘The Gypsy King’ spent more time travelling to the open workout on a boat than he did in the actual ring.

Fury was out of the ring like a flashCredit: DAZN

It took an agonising four minutes for Fury and his team to make it across a body of water over to the Riyadh plaza.

When he arrived, his trainer SugarHill Steward laced up his gloves, only for Fury to bow to his adoring crowd and take them off again.

Usually a man of many words, Fury then evaded all of DAZN reporter Claudia Trejos’ questions by reiterating that he is going to dish out ‘a lot of pain’ on Saturday night.

Fury has been avoiding interviews with national broadcasters since the Grand Arrivals on Tuesday but his trainer, Steward, gave some insight into his fighter’s mentality heading into fight night.

“It was a little workout,” Steward laughed. “We gave it our best.

“Tyson Fury is just ready right now, along with myself. He’s always had like a silly demeanour and [been] playing around, but this is a different side of him.

“He’s just ready, 100 per cent ready. It’s how we normally train [aggressively]…

“I was taught by Emmanuel Steward – and pain, hurting people and knockouts are always written on the walls of the Kronk Gym.

“The harder you work, the bigger the reward. The sacrifice.

“Everything that is boxing, that is what he is bringing forward on Saturday. That is what his mind is geared into.”

Fury kept fans guessing with his unique decisionCredit: Getty

He had his gloves unwrapped after refusing to throw a punchCredit: Getty

TalkSPORT’s Gareth A Davies and Spencer Oliver were both ringside for the event for the latest edition of the Fight Night Daily Podcast.

Oliver gave his thoughts first, telling talkSPORT Boxing: “I tell you what I make of that, actually, it’s just so unpredictable with Tyson Fury.

“You never know what he’s gonna do this guy – he’s been a big character of our sport, you know, and he’s been carrying the heavyweight division for years because he’s a big character outside of the ring as well and been the main man, number one, in there for a number of years as well, but that yeah, just unpredictable. ”

Davies posed that Fury’s actions meant fans and experts couldn’t read anything about the fight, to which Oliver replied: “Of course, we can’t because he’s got in there, he’s gloved up, he’s had a little stretch up, and he looked like he’s going to do something, and then he hasn’t done something.

“What can you say about it? There’s nothing you can say about it!”

Davies then listened to Fury’s curt responses in his post-workout interview and added: “I’ve said it all week when Tyson Fury is grumpy like this, he’s ready for the fight.

Usyk proved to be a much bigger crowd-pleaserCredit: Getty

“He cannot wait for what we believe will be 10 o’clock in the ring walk on Saturday night. It’s live on talkSPORT.

“He’s in the hurt business. He’s saying he wants to hurt his opponent.”

Oliver continued: “He’s also just giving one-word answers, smash, damage, hurt, pain. And he just said it again, yeah, lot of damage.

“That’s it, he’s done. I mean, it’s been the story in the week with Tyson Fury so far, and it’s going to be all about the Tyson Fury we see obviously on Saturday night.”

Usyk then made his way over on another boat and performed some shadow boxing in the ring accompanied by a live performance from a Ukrainian singer.

He seemed in good spirits as he danced and smiled.

Asked about Fury’s bizarre interview, he replied nonchalantly: “Okay.”

Usyk was then asked whether he is better at dancing or boxing.