Fury suffered a deep cut to his eye and canceled the expected fight with Usyk

Preparing for a boxing match in the gym is always fraught with risk, especially when you hit the gym hard before quality sparring and especially when luck or bad luck plays against you.

And this is what happened to Tyson Fury when I trained with a sparring partner at the gym. In one incident during the preparatory session there was a clash of heads despite the fact that both were wearing protective helmets. ‘The Gypsy King’ He suffered a deep cut to his eyelid, which required significant stitches and as the heavyweight duel, with five of the world belts at stake, was scheduled for 15 days, it was delayed until he recovered Fury. recover well from the eye.

A spokesperson for Queensbury Promotionspromoters of the fight, explained what happened: “WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury was forced to postpone his fight with unified champion Oleksandr Usyk after suffering a strange cut during a sparring session in Riyadh. The cut, which opened above of Fury’s right eye, requiring immediate medical attention and major stitches, which will obviously require a recovery period, ruining any chance of the Usyk fight taking place on February 17 in Saudi Arabia.

After the incident, Tyson Fury broke his silence: “I am completely devastated after the long preparation for this fight and being in such an amazing state. I feel bad for everyone involved in this great event and will work diligently to reschedule the date when the eye is healed.” .

People say that Oleksandr Usykwho has yet to make a statement, will also box on February 17 with the Croatian Filip Hrgovica boxer who lives up to his nickname: ‘The Beast’ (17, 14 KOs-0-0) and that he was boxing last December 23 at Kingdom Arena in the view of Mark De Mori which he sent to the dream chamber in the first of ten scheduled rounds.