Tyson Fury and family land in Saudi Arabia ahead of Oleksandr Usyk clash in two weeks, dispelling fears that the Gypsy King was going to withdraw
- Tyson Fury and his family have arrived in Saudi Arabia ahead of the large struggle
- The Gypsy King has an undisputed title clash in opposition to Oleksandr Usyk this month
- There have been fears that he would withdraw from the struggle in Riyadh on May 18
Tyson Fury and his family have arrived in Saudi Arabia ahead of the large undisputed title struggle in opposition to Oleksandr Usyk on May 18.
The Gypsy King meets the Ukrainian in Riyadh as they bid to turn into the undisputed world heavyweight champion of the world – after their preliminary February struggle was postponed.
Usyk’s promoter Alexander Krassyuk had beforehand revealed fears that Fury will withdraw from the struggle – however these issues seem to have been dispelled by the 35-year-old’s arrival in Saudi Arabia.
Fury posted on Instagram with the caption: ‘Touchdown Riyadh #UNDISPUTED.
‘All roads lead to the #RINGOFFIRE.
‘T E A M . F U R Y.’
There was also a short video clip tagged: ‘KING OF THE RING RETURNS TO THE KINGDOM!’
Fury arrived along with his family, pals, and coach SugarHill Steward, however there was no signal of his brother Tommy.
After a seven-hour flight from the UK, The Gypsy King and his entourage have been welcomed with bouquets of flowers and scorching drinks.
The preliminary clash with Usyk had been scheduled to happen in Riyadh on February 17, however was postponed after Fury sustained an damage throughout camp.
He suffered a extreme reduce above his proper eye whereas sparring, which has been labelled by his promotion staff as a ‘freak reduce’.
Fighters have promised to forfeit $10m (£8m) in the event that they pulled out of the struggle.
Last month, Usyk’s promoter Alexander Krassyuk has revealed fears Tyson Fury will withdraw from subsequent month’s undisputed world heavyweight title struggle.
Krassyuk informed Boxing Scene he nonetheless has doubts that Fury will step into the ring with Usyk subsequent month, claiming the Gypsy King has already withdrawn 4 instances from the struggle.
‘Usyk has truly had a triple camp for this struggle,’ Krassyuk mentioned. ‘He began in September for the struggle to happen final December.
‘We confirmed up to the Ngannou struggle to step in the ring to announce the struggle for the undisputed, however his staff jumped and mentioned he didn’t look that good, so Usyk gave him some house to put together at his camp in Saudi Arabia.
‘We have been then meant to struggle on Feb. 17, then we have been rescheduled for May. Tyson Fury has withdrawn 4 instances already from this struggle.
‘I’ve not acquired an excessive amount of confidence in the rematch occurring, by the method. If Tyson Fury loses, will he have the confidence to step inside the ring once more? Theoretically he can, however everyone knows what occurred in the rematch with Wladimir Klitschko.’
But the Briton seems to have decisively allayed these fears.
Fury regarded laser-focused in coaching footage from final week, as he stepped up preparations for the undisputed heavyweight showdown.
The winner of the highly-anticipated bout will even unify the heavyweight division for the first time since March 1999, when Lennox Lewis beat Evander Holyfield.
