MOSCOW, February 4 British boxer Tyson Fury responded to Egis Klimas , the manager of the Ukrainian Alexander Usik, so that he would never call him a coward.
On Friday it became known that Fury suffered a serious cut to his eyebrow during sparring. The fight against Usik, which was supposed to take place on February 17 in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), will be postponed to May 18. Usik's manager Egimas Klimas called Fury a coward in connection with the transfer.
«»Don't ever call me a coward again. I have 35 professional fights, I've been boxing for 18 years, I've been knocked down 10 times from the strongest blows. I've never been a coward, I've never refused fights. And if someone calls my wife a bitch, I'll pull out his damn teeth. You've never boxed in your life,» Fury said during a joint broadcast with Klimas and Usyk on the YouTube channel MMAFightingonSBN.
The 37-year-old Usik has 21 victories in 21 fights in the professional ring. He is the champion of the World Boxing Association (WBA), the International Boxing Federation (IBF), the World Boxing Organization (WBO) and the International Boxing Organization (IBO).
Fury is 35 years old, he holds the World Boxing Council (WBC) championship belt and is undefeated in his professional career (34 wins and one draw).