By Scott Gilfoid: For those who were worried sick about British heavyweight Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KO’s) suddenly announcing today that he’s retiring from boxing, you can rest at ease. It seems that Fury was just blowing smoke for some reason, maybe because he lost his 5 million pound ($8 million) payday bout against David Haye. Fury’s trainer Peter Fury says that Tyson will be continuing his career and that he’s currently in negotiations for a fight with the unbeaten Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30 KO’s).
Peter said “You will not see Tyson in the ring unless it’s a worthy opponent and if boxing is anything like he’s had to endure regarding Haye camp, can keep it. Tyson will fight and win world titles but this time with real fights! That’s what he means. @BronzeBomber, yes, talks ongoing [with Deontay].”
By Scott Gilfoid: Well, it looks like Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KO’s) mainly wants to face unbeaten Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30 KO’s) next rather than another heavyweight contender. Fury said on his social media site that he doesn’t see anyone else worth fighting other than the 6’7” Deontay.
By Scott Gilfoid: Dereck Chisora’s promoter Frank Warren mentioned a possible match-up between Chisora and Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KO’s) for next February now that David Haye is injured and won’t be able to make his February 8th fight with Fury. Warren sees a Fury-Chisora II fight as a big fight.
By Scott Gilfoid: With his his mouth watering fight against David Haye now likely permanently shelved due to Haye’s shoulder surgery, unbeaten Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KO’s) is ready to take the ultimate risk in facing the talented one-punch knockout artist Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30 KO’s) in a fight that Fury hopes will serve as a springboard to get him a title shot against one of the Klitschko brothers. In fact, Fury is hoping that one of the sanctioning bodies will agree to a Fury-Wilder fight as a heavyweight title eliminator bout.
By Scott Gilfoid: As you would expect, unbeaten Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KO’s) didn’t take the news too good about his February 8th scheduled opponent Davis Haye having career-threatening shoulder surgery in Germany. Haye now won’t be able to face Fury on February 8th, and there are major questions about whether Haye will ever be able to fight again, as he reportedly was told that he should hang up the gloves.
By Scott Gilfoid: In a sign that heavyweight Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KO’s) could have some interest in facing unbeaten American contender Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30 KO’s) in the near future, Fury was highly complimentary of Deontay’s skills. In fact, Fury was practically lathering Deontay up with compliments to the point where I wasn’t sure if Fury was on the level or not, but in looking at his face, I think he was. Fury looks like he’s become a fan of the 6’7″ Deontay’s talent.
By Scott Gilfoid: British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion David Price (15-2, 13 KO’s) will be returning to the ring next month fight a still to be determined opponent in the UK. Price, 30, says he wants a rust-removing type of opponent, and then after that he’d be open to facing someone like Australian heavyweight Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne (18-0, 16 KO’s). However, the guy that Price really wants to face is fellow Brit Tyson Fury after he loses his fight against David Haye in February. Price is absolutely certain that Fury will lose that fight, and once he loses it he feels that the perfect fight will between them.
By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten American heavyweight Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30 KO’s) intends on finishing the Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KO’s) hype machine after Deontay picks up the WBC heavyweight title next year. Deontay, 28, says he’ll give Fury a title shot in order to knock him out. In other words, Deontay, 6’7″, won’t make Fury wait the way that Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko have done with him. He’s doing to give the 6’9″ Fury an immediate shot at his title so that he can expose him.
By Scott Gilfoid: American heavyweight Deontay Wilder (29-0, 29 KO’s) sees a fight between himself and Britain’s Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KO’s) as being inevitable in the future, and he’s willing to come to the UK to make the fight happen. Deontay expects to capture one of the world title belts in early 2014 against one of the Klitschko brothers. Once Deontay has one of the heavyweight world straps, he expects the fight against the 6’9″ Tyson Fury to take place.
By Scott Gilfoid: 48-year-old Lennox Lewis was amused to see British heavyweight contender Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KO’s) calling him out yesterday for a fight. Lewis thinks that Fury hasn’t done enough to be calling him out at this point in his career given the weak opposition that Fury’s been facing thus far. Additionally, Lewis thinks he’d still likely KO Fury in one round if he did decide to fight him.