By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten heavyweight challenger Tyson Fury (14-0, 10 KO’s) almost completely lost it at one during a telephone conference with British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s). The two fighters will be battling it out on July 23rd, and Chisora is thus far favored to win the fight. However, don’t tell Fury, because he hit the top at their press conference, cursing Chisora and talking fatalistic language.
Here is what Fury had to say as quoted by thesun.co.uk: It will come down to one thing on the night – who’s got the bigger heat. Who wants it more. I know I want it so badly, nothing will stop me. I have a wife and two children to provide for. If it means killing you [Chisora] in the ring, that’s what I’ll do. To beat me you will have to kill me. I’m preparing to die for my family. You are an arrogant little pr**k. I’ll smash your face when we fight.”
As you can tell by the words that Fury used, he kind of lost it a bit and seems to have gotten a little out of touch with the kind of fight that’s he’s going to be in on July 23. This is supposed to be athletic event, not some kind of war where people get seriously hurt. Even if Fury loses the fight, it’s not the end of the world. His career will march on and he’ll still likely have a nice career provided he learns some more things from his trainer Emanuel Steward.
Chisora reportedly hung the phone during Fury’s rant. I don’t blame him. This is a bit much.
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