Fury Declares: “Not Every Man Is Built To Be Undefeated Only The Special Ones” – Tyson Fury
To be a fighter, you have to have a little screw loose,” Tyson Fury says calmly in a chaotic room in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he will soon step back into the ring. His entourage are kicking up a racket but Fury is much more reflective. “Who on earth would want to go and fight against a highly trained athlete, time and time again? You have to be a little bit touched to want to do that.”
On Saturday night, Fury faces Francis Ngannou in a bout which could be the sporting definition of absurdity. Fury is the WBC world heavyweight champion and an indisputably great boxer. Ngannou, in contrast, has never boxed professionally even though he was a dangerous force in mixed martial arts as the former UFC heavyweight champion. So much money has been pumped into this dubious venture that Fury and Ngannou could be lauded as supreme businessmen were it not for the deeply troubling nature of boxing’s sudden veneration for Saudi Arabia.
“My oldest brother, John Boy,” Fury continues, “said to me yesterday: ‘You’re more at home in that ring than your front room. Why is that?’”
Fury wears wildly patterned green trousers and a fawn-coloured waistcoat. He is shirtless and he pushes back his green cap as he tries to explain his strange obsession. “I just love everything that comes with this game. From a little boy to being a world champion, it’s always intrigued me. I don’t think there’s anything else where you can get all these emotions in one night. Happiness, sadness, fear, nerves, excitement. Going in there on Saturday night will be, for me, as daunting as going up against Deontay Wilder.”
His epic trilogy with Wilder saw him draw their first fight and win the two other bouts with brutal stoppages. But Fury was knocked down heavily four times across the three fights and, as he says now, “I give every man that gets in that ring 100% respect. But this is my time to shine, my time in the sun, my moment of being heavyweight champion of the world.”
I remind Fury of how, after the third Wilder fight, he leaned over the ropes and wept from the consuming and savage drama of it all. “There are two different types of fighters on this planet,” the 6ft 9in giant says quietly. “One is a man who has a go and he loses, gets chinned again. But there’s a special type that doesn’t know the meaning of losing or saying: ‘That’s enough.’”
Tyson Fury Warns Rival: “There’s a Dangerous Breed of Fighter Who Never Accepts Defeat”
To be a fighter, you have to have a little screw loose,” Tyson Fury says calmly in a chaotic room in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he will soon step back into the ring. His entourage are kicking up a racket but Fury is much more reflective. “Who on earth would want to go and fight against a highly trained athlete, time and time again? You have to be a little bit touched to want to do that.”
On Saturday night, Fury faces Francis Ngannou in a bout which could be the sporting definition of absurdity. Fury is the WBC world heavyweight champion and an indisputably great boxer. Ngannou, in contrast, has never boxed professionally even though he was a dangerous force in mixed martial arts as the former UFC heavyweight champion. So much money has been pumped into this dubious venture that Fury and Ngannou could be lauded as supreme businessmen were it not for the deeply troubling nature of boxing’s sudden veneration for Saudi Arabia.
“My oldest brother, John Boy,” Fury continues, “said to me yesterday: ‘You’re more at home in that ring than your front room. Why is that?’”
Fury wears wildly patterned green trousers and a fawn-coloured waistcoat. He is shirtless and he pushes back his green cap as he tries to explain his strange obsession. “I just love everything that comes with this game. From a little boy to being a world champion, it’s always intrigued me. I don’t think there’s anything else where you can get all these emotions in one night. Happiness, sadness, fear, nerves, excitement. Going in there on Saturday night will be, for me, as daunting as going up against Deontay Wilder.”
His epic trilogy with Wilder saw him draw their first fight and win the two other bouts with brutal stoppages. But Fury was knocked down heavily four times across the three fights and, as he says now, “I give every man that gets in that ring 100% respect. But this is my time to shine, my time in the sun, my moment of being heavyweight champion of the world.”
I remind Fury of how, after the third Wilder fight, he leaned over the ropes and wept from the consuming and savage drama of it all. “There are two different types of fighters on this planet,” the 6ft 9in giant says quietly. “One is a man who has a go and he loses, gets chinned again. But there’s a special type that doesn’t know the meaning of losing or saying: ‘That’s enough.’”
The unbeaten Fury nods intently. “That’s me. It takes a lot of emotion, guts, physicality, spirituality, to keep going even when you’ve been knocked down twice, like I was in round four. Every time he hit me clean I was getting hurt. I looked at my brother and I was like: ‘This is not over. I’m getting him, 100%.’ Then, round 11, bang! Chinned him. Get up from that. That’s my favourite knockout because I knew it was a perfect shot. I ran away and jumped on the ropes, looking at him on the floor.”
The big man is thoughtful when I ask about the times he has been hit so hard that, as against Wilder in 2018, he was actually unconscious before he struck the canvas. Incredibly, Fury still got up before the count reached 10. “Against real punchers like Wilder you don’t feel the power. You wake up on the floor and then, if you’re lucky enough, you open your eyes as [the referee] says: ‘Four, five.
“I remember the referee looked at me like he’s an alien and he said, in an alien voice: ‘Are you OK?’ I was like: “Yeah! C’mon, let’s go!’ But obviously I didn’t know what had hit me. It was a crazy experience, all of it, and if I’m not a blessed man, I don’t know who is. I don’t know anyone who’s been knocked out cold, got up and got stuck right into him.”
Saturday night will be very different. It feels like a charade of a fight as Ngannou is a boxing novice whom Fury should beat with ease. “I hope you’re right,” Fury cackles. “I’m intent on punishing him for a while, enjoying it, putting on a show, then bang! Chinning him. He might be tough as a brick. He’s never been stopped. But he’s never been hit by a proper puncher before. There’s MMA punching and boxing punching. It’s different.”
I’m far more interested in Fury’s next bout, again in Riyadh, when he faces Oleksandr Usyk, the IBF, WBA and WBO champion on 23 December. The winner will become the first undisputed world heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis held all the belts in 1999. “It’s the fight of the century,” Fury says. “So it’s obviously a meaningful fight.”
Usyk is also a masterful boxer. “Is he?” Fury asks me evenly. “Is he any better than the rest of these people? I’m not sure he is. He had a 50-50 fight with Del Boy [Derek Chisora]. Even Daniel Dubois had a lot of success against him. Without being rude to those guys, they’re little more than a heavy bag on legs walking forward. Even AJ [Anthony Joshua who has lost twice to Usyk] had a lot of opportunity and he didn’t do anything. Just walked forward with his hands up around his head, terrified of what’s coming back and didn’t use his advantages. Do you really think, after all these years of knowing me, I’m going to be happy to lose on points against a guy like that? Oh my God. Please.”
This is typical Fury – a showman capable of describing the “daunting” challenge of facing a man who has never boxed before and then trashing an outstanding and brave champion in Usyk. He has already gone into amusing detail about his daily routine at home: “I wake up every morning at 6am, having gone to bed at 9pm. From the moment I wake to the moment I close my eyes, I’m busy. It’s not stuff you think the heavyweight champion of the world will be busy with. But it’s Groundhog Day and keeps me very grounded.”
Fury lists his schedule of tasks – showering, shaving, dressing and feeding the kids, taking them to school, getting down on his hands and knees to collect everything that the dogs have shredded overnight, picking up teddy bears and cushions before going to the tip to dump the rubbish his seven children have collected. “I go to the tip four times a week. It’s like a second home to me. Then I’ve got to feed the dogs, pay the bills, gas, water, electric, council tax. I’m in charge of it all. Then I go to the gym at 4pm every day.”
As a way of cutting down his chores, Fury recently sold more than a hundred properties in the north-west. “Too much headache,” he says, “although the rents are good. Imagine dealing with your own family’s problems. Times that by a hundred. ‘This is broken, that’s not working, this needs fixing.’”
And so Fury will remain locked inside boxing. He suggests that he won’t box anywhere apart from Saudi Arabia as he has signed a rumoured contract for three or four fights worth £200m. Fury insists again that the one that really matters, against Usyk, is a certain victory.
“He won’t be able to move away from me in a 20ft ring. He might run away, but I’ll chase him down. I’ve got fast feet and I will hit him and hit him. I’ll stop him. I guarantee it.”
Fury grins again, looking less like a madman than a world champion who is utterly at home in the circus of boxing.
‘He Ain’t Got What It Takes to Beat Him’: Dmitry Bivol’s Trainer Bluntly Disses Canelo in Crawford Clash
Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford is just over a week away. Two of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the sport will collide when Alvarez puts his undisputed super-middleweight crown on the line against Crawford at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on September 13.
Crawford will be attempting to do something that only other men have managed to do during Canelo’s 67-fight career by claiming a victory over the Mexican superstar.
One of the fighters that managed to do that was Dmitry Bivol, who claimed a unanimous decision win when defending his WBA light heavyweight title against Alvarez in May 2022.
The man who was in the corner with Bivol that evening was Joel Diaz, while he also was the trainer of Israil Madrimov when he lost his WBA super-welterweight title to Crawford in August 2024.
Having experienced first hand what it is like to train fighters to face both Alvarez and Crawford, Diaz told The Ring that he sees the Mexican icon claiming the win next week.
“Canelo should win. I see him beating Crawford by a convincing decision. There is no way Crawford beats Canelo. Canelo is the king of the sport, and business-wise, he can’t lose. If he loses, boxing loses a lot of prestige.
“But don’t get me wrong, Crawford is one of my favourite fighters and pound-for-pound the best of this era. The fight will be interesting and back and forth for the first four rounds.
“Canelo has been hit by heavy hitters and never even flinched. As soon as Canelo feels that Crawford doesn’t have what it takes to hurt him, he is going to walk him down.”
Diaz then explained what he thinks will be the biggest factor in the bout.
“Crawford will make it a fight and fight back, but he’s a smart fighter and will play it safe once he’s hurt – that’s when Alvarez will take over.
“Crawford is not going to be exchanging punches with Canelo in the middle of the ring. “We’ve seen Crawford get buckled before, and believe me, Canelo hits harder than Yuriorkis Gamboa and Egidijus Kavaliauskas.”
With just days to go until fight night, all will soon be revealed just who comes out on top in the highly-anticipated mega-fight.
Not a ‘sideshow’ opponent: Boxing voice urges Joshua to prove himself against Fury
With his immediate future in the ring still up in the air, former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has been offered some guidance on his comeback fight
Long-linked with a controversial pairing against the polarizing Jake Paul, former world titleholder Anthony Joshua has missed out on that clash for the time being at least.
And with Paul now set to return to the ring in November to take on current WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis in an exhibition clash, Joshua and his team must return to the drawing board.
Ruled out of a slew of potential fights next, a veteran boxing analyst has played matchmaker on Joshua’s return to the ring.
Weighing in on the future of Watford star Joshua, veteran boxing analyst Gareth A. Davies suggested it’s likely now or never for the former to take on fellow former world champion Tyson Fury in the ring.
And urged by Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn to either stick or twist on a retirement U-turn amid links to a summer fight with Joshua, Davies believes the Olympian should skirt a “circus” fight with Paul in favor of an all-British clash with Fury.
“Look, we’re biased,” Davies continued. “Because we’ve seen this generation [of heavyweights] come through, and it [Joshua vs. Fury] bookends the era — to get Joshua and Fury in a ring together. It bookends the era. There’s no question about it.
“It’s a travesty and a tragedy if it does not happen.”
And while Joshua has been linked with many a warm-up fight in his return to the ring following his crushing loss to Daniel Dubois, a “special” event outside of the UK has been mooted.
Carefully plotting their next move with former two-time heavyweight champion Joshua, Matchroom Boxing have stressed their desire to cautiously book the former’s return to the ring.
Namely, talks have been held for Joshua to possibly compete at a blockbuster event in Africa — potentially in Ghana to boot.
““We had meetings with the Accra sports stadium,” Matchroom Boxing CEO Frank Smith told Boxing Social. “The Legacy Rise team; it’s amazing what they’re doing.
“I see a lot of potential there to make something happen,” Smith continued. “…It would be special to do something.
After Vicious Knockout And Dominant KO Win Fury Fires Warning Shot at Usyk
A viral post, a bold claim, and a trilogy tease shake the heavyweight division.
Tyson Fury: Oleksandr Usyk didn’t just win—he put on a masterclass. A fifth-round knockout of Daniel Dubois at a packed Wembley Stadium crowned him the undisputed heavyweight champion, adding the IBF title to his glittering collection. Fans were still buzzing when the aftershock hit: someone wasn’t letting Usyk enjoy his victory lap for long.
Enter Tyson Fury. The Gypsy King, 36, came storming back into headlines with the kind of swagger only Fury can deliver.
In a now-viral video shared by Boxing Kingdom, the former WBC kingpin congratulated Usyk—but didn’t stop there. Fury was shown running outdoors, focused and determined, speaking with intensity. ‘Usyk knows there’s only one man who can beat him. I’ve done it twice before and the world knows it. I’m out on the road running, I’ve come home and did my job and got myself back, and I am the man. I’m the Spartan.’
This is no tease—Fury has confirmed his comeback. After two losses to Usyk and a brief retirement, he’s locked in on one goal: the trilogy. Turki Alalshikh turned up the heat with a bombshell announcement: ‘The Gypsy King will be back!!! I talked with him, and I have his word to have him in Riyadh Season in 2026. We have a rabbit to hunt!’ Sky Sports also reported Fury’s view that only a third fight could bring him out of retirement.
If this unfolds, forget fireworks—this will be a full-blown heavyweight inferno. Legacy, redemption, bragging rights: the ultimate prize fight to crown the true ruler of boxing’s biggest stage.
Tank Has Never Shied Away From Bold Statements, But This Time, His Focus Is Sharper Than Ever
In the often-chaotic world of boxing, few fighters capture attention the way Gervonta “Tank” Davis does. Known for his knockout power inside the ropes and his outspoken nature outside of them, Davis has built a reputation as both a showman and a destroyer. But today, as the boxing landscape shifts and rivalries heat up, there is a sense that Davis is entering a new chapter — one defined by a sharper, more unrelenting focus than ever before.
From the beginning, Davis’s rise in professional boxing has been tied to bold statements and even bolder performances. He’s never been content to let his fists do all the talking; his confidence often echoes long before the opening bell. Whether calling out established champions or brushing aside doubts about his size and weight-class dominance, Davis has consistently positioned himself as the fighter to watch — and the fighter to fear.
Now, as speculation grows about potential blockbuster matchups, Davis’s words have taken on a new edge. His declarations are no longer just bravado; they’re promises backed by a fighter entering his prime years with the hunger to cement his legacy.
“Focus” is the word that keeps surfacing in conversations around Davis. Insiders close to the Baltimore-born star insist he has tightened his training, cut back on distractions, and honed his mindset toward nothing less than greatness. In an era where fighters often juggle fame, outside ventures, and personal struggles, Davis seems intent on proving that his attention is locked on the sport that made him a star.
“Tank is dialed in,” one source close to his camp shared. “He’s not just preparing for the next fight — he’s preparing to take over the sport.”
For Davis, who has already captured multiple world titles across weight classes, this renewed intensity signals that the biggest battles of his career are still to come.
The whispers of potential showdowns with the likes of Ryan Garcia, Shakur Stevenson, and even legends like Manny Pacquiao have electrified the boxing world. And while these fights come with risks, Davis appears to welcome them with open arms.
He has always thrived under the spotlight, but what sets this moment apart is his insistence that no challenge is too big, no opponent too experienced, and no legacy too untouchable. If boldness was his trademark before, it now feels like a mission statement: Gervonta Davis intends not just to participate in history, but to rewrite it.
Fans have long admired Davis for his destructive left hand and highlight-reel knockouts. But the fighter himself seems intent on showing that his growth goes beyond the physical. His focus now extends to discipline, preparation, and the mental toughness needed to dominate not just a division, but an era.
Observers point out that this evolution is critical. Talent alone wins fights, but greatness comes from the fusion of skill, mindset, and timing. Davis appears to understand that better than ever.
For Davis, the stakes could not be higher. He’s undefeated, but greatness is measured not only by an unblemished record — it’s measured by the names on the résumé, the nights that define a career, and the moments when pressure turns into legacy.
A focused Gervonta Davis has the potential to deliver all of that and more. And as he sharpens his sights on the challenges ahead, fans can sense that the bold statements we’ve heard for years might finally be backed by a legacy-defining stretch in the ring.
The boxing world has always expected fireworks from “Tank.” But this time, it feels different. This time, there’s more than just power and swagger. There’s a sense of destiny — a fighter locking in at the peak of his abilities, determined to prove that his era has truly arrived.
Gervonta Davis has never shied away from making bold statements. But today, as his focus sharpens like never before, those statements carry the weight of inevitability.
Tyson Fury makes second set of bitter remarks over Usyk
Tyson Fury has poured scorn on Oleksandr Usyk once again, making bitter remarks over their two fights despite losing decisively on both occasions.
The “Gypsy King” was beaten back-to-back by the pound-for-pound star yet refuses to admit the defeats, instead claiming Usyk is an ‘old man’ ready to be wrecked by rising forces like Moses Itauma.
Following Itauma’s devastating win over Dillian Whyte in Saudi Arabia, Fury was quick to double down on his previous comments regarding the only man to defeat him.
Doubling Down
Fury stated, “Boxing is a young man’s game, like I told Wladimir Klitschko when he was 37. It’s a young man’s game, and it waits for nobody.
“Moses Itauma will wreck all those old men out of the division: Usyk, AJ [Anthony Joshua], [Jarrell] Miller, whoever is old; [Zhilei] Zhang, Luis Ortiz.
“All these big names of the past are all spent forces.
“Even the world champion now, who they gave my belts to, Usyk, Moses will wreck him because it’s a young man versus an old man and old men can’t mess with young men.”
After Usyk turned back Daniel Dubois for the second time in July, Fury refused to give the formidable Ukrainian any props at the time.
“Congratulations to both men, but Usyk knows there is only one man who can beat him. I’ve done it twice before and the world knows it.”
The Truth About the Defeats
The truth, however, is that Usyk defeated Fury cleanly, twice, leaving no doubt in the eyes of fans, pundits, or the record books.
Usyk dominated with superior skill and ring IQ, proving beyond debate who the real heavyweight champion is.
Fury’s refusal to acknowledge reality only highlights his growing disdain in defeat. Usyk remains unbeaten, undisputed, and firmly in control of the heavyweight division.
If Fury cannot admit that, that’s something he has to live with, and considering his venom towards Deontay Wilder when the American refused to take his loss in February 2020, the two-time top division ruler knows how it feels to be on the other side.
Tyson Fury Warns Moses Itauma Would Ruthlessly Destroy Oleksandr Usyk After Savage Win Over Dillian Whyte
Moses Itauma issued his latest statement of intent to boxing’s heavyweight division as he stopped Dillian Whyte in the first round of Saturday’s main event in Saudi Arabia; former heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury tipped the 20-year-old to beat the world’s best
Tyson Fury has backed Moses Itauma to ‘wreck’ Oleksandr Usyk and the rest of the world’s top heavyweights after the rising star’s latest statement performance.
Itauma continued his ruthless ascent through the heavyweight ranks on Saturday night as he blasted past Dillian Whyte inside one round in Saudi Arabia.
The highly-rated 20-year-old has teased the potential to become the next face of the heavyweight division, with former world champion Fury tipping him to dominate for years to come.
“I keep getting asked about young Moses Itauma fighting Oleksandr Usyk and fighting all the other big names,” Fury said on his Instagram story.
“My opinion is not someone who doesn’t know boxing. My opinion is someone who has been there and won every single belt. Won everything there is to win in boxing and done very well. Boxing is a young man’s game, like I told Wladimir Klitschko when he was 37. Boxing is a young man’s game. It waits for nobody. So here is the opinion, and you heard it here first.
“Moses Itauma will wreck all them all old men out of the division. Usyk, AJ, Miller. Whoever there is that’s old. Zhang, whoever else the f*** there is, Luis Ortiz. All these big names of the past.
“Even the man who took my belts. Usyk, Moses will wreck him because it’s a young man versus an old man. And an old man can’t mess with a young man.”
It remains to be seen what lies next for Itauma and the heavyweight division, particularly should Usyk vacate his WBO belt as opposed to defending against mandatory challenger Joseph Parker.
Speaking ahead of Saturday’s main event, promoter Frank Warren suggested the winner of Itauma and Whyte could secure a shot at Parker in the event of Usyk vacating.
“What’s next?” Itauma himself said after his win over Whyte. “Honestly, I will fight anyone they put in front of me.
“If I be completely honest, Joseph Parker [and Agit] Kabayel do deserve the shot [at Oleksandr Usyk] but I would love to take the opportunity as well.
“Chuck me in there with them lot!”
He now sits a perfect 13-0 as a professional, having stopped each of his last nine opponents inside three rounds.
Usyk is coming off a stunning knockout win over Daniel Dubois, which saw the Ukrainian pound-for-pound great become a three-time undisputed champion.
