Tyson Fury likened to Vladimir Putin after foul-mouthed outburst ahead of Oleksandr Usyk rematch

Tyson Fury has been likened to Vladimir Putin by Oleksandr Usyk’s manager arsenic tensions roseate up of their highly-anticipated heavyweight rematch.

Fury suffered his archetypal nonrecreational nonaccomplishment at the hands of Usyk successful May earlier this year arsenic the Ukrainian combatant became the archetypal undisputed heavyweight champion successful 25 years.

The brace are acceptable to measurement backmost into the ringing for the rematch successful December and the warfare of words betwixt the 2 camps has already begun.

On Thursday, Fury deed retired astatine Usyk connected Instagram, suggesting that the 37-year-old made a mistake by not finishing him disconnected for bully successful the archetypal fight.

‘You had your changeable but couldn’t decorativeness the job! Mistake! Now your [sic] astir to consciousness the wrath of A menace!’ the Brit said.

‘F**k @usykaa f**k @klimasmanagement f**k @alex.krassyuk & if your down with Usyk past f**k you 2! Gypsy king 2024 coming for you! Dec 21 is mine. Me against the world. Incoming 3x heavyweight champ!’

In response, Usyk kept it cordial, jokingly replying connected societal media: ‘You’re truly cool, my friend.’

However, the aforesaid could not beryllium said for Egis Klimas, Usyk’s long-time manager, who deed backmost astatine ‘The Gyspy King’ by comparing his antics to that of the Russian president Putin.

‘Sounds similar Putin, if you are not with maine fuck you, and it means you against me,’ Klimas said connected X. ‘You pal, fuck you back!!!’

With conscionable implicit 2 months to spell until the rematch, Fury precocious admitted that helium has yet to participate grooming campy to hole for the fight.

The 36-year-old has faced calls to region his begetter John Fury from his country connected combat nighttime this clip around, but the heavyweight confirmed this week that helium intends to support the aforesaid set-up arsenic helium plots revenge against Usyk.

‘I cognize what I’ve got to do, thing drastic,’ helium said, speaking to Undisputed ahead of their caller video crippled launch.

‘People tin accidental “I privation to alteration trainers oregon I’ll blasted it connected maine conditioning manager oregon I’ll blasted it connected the navigator oregon I’ll blasted it connected the rodent adjacent door.” Same team, aforesaid everything. I cognize what I’ve got to do.

‘I thought I won the combat past time. I gave him rounds eight, 9 and ten, and circular 9 was a 10-8.

‘So that’s what I springiness him retired of the fight, but evidently the judges saw it a spot different, mates of them did. One of them had maine winning. That’s what it was. It was arsenic adjacent arsenic it tin be.’

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