A brand new official poster has been created for the rescheduled clash between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight championship. The highly anticipated fight is set to take place on May 18th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In the poster, Fury’s facial expression reveals a sense of pure terror, as if he has just encountered a frightening creature.
The fear that is evident on Fury’s face has not gone unnoticed. It is clear that the creators of the poster, who are from Saudi Arabia, are well aware of the sentiments that fans have towards Tyson Fury following his previous withdrawal due to an alleged injury. There is a belief among some fans that Fury is deliberately avoiding facing the talented IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Usyk. They speculate that Fury will continue to get injured until the Saudi officials wash their hands of him. If Fury were to pull out of the fight again, it is possible that Turki Alalshikh, the person in charge, may decide to pursue a different direction rather than investing more time and money into this matchup.
The Saudis had invested a significant amount of money in promoting the original date for the Fury-Usyk fight, which was scheduled for February 17th. Unfortunately, all their efforts went down the drain when Fury suffered an injury during a sparring session last week.
Carl Froch, a notable figure in the boxing world, has raised questions about Fury’s preparation leading up to the fight. He wonders why Fury was sparring without a face shield just two weeks before the event and engaging in sloppy brawling. Froch even speculates that the video footage of Fury’s training may be outdated.
Froch believes that the injury may actually benefit Fury by giving him more time to train for the fight. There have been rumors circulating about Fury being dropped repeatedly by his sparring partners and getting beaten up. Froch confesses that he initially had doubts about the fight happening on February 17th, not because of the possibility of Fury getting injured, but because he suspected that Fury would use an injury as an excuse to delay the fight and give himself more preparation time.
Froch expresses his concerns about Fury’s sparring sessions, particularly the lack of a face protector and the overall sloppiness displayed by Fury. He questions the credibility of the footage he has seen, even suggesting that the picture in the poster may be an old one. Froch’s worries about the fight actually taking place are evident in his statement.