TYSON FURY’s scathing rant at David Haye following the cancellation of their grudge match has re-emerged following the postponement of his clash with Oleksandr Usyk.
The pair’s historic undisputed heavyweight title fight was officially postponed on Friday after the Gypsy King suffered a horror cut in sparring.
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An accidental elbow from one of his sparring partners re-opened scar tissue formed from the gash he suffered in his 2019 showdown with Otto Wallin.
Fury, 35, issued a heartfelt apology shortly after the news broke, although he wasn’t as kind when a cut forced Haye to pull out of their 2013 showdown.
In a scathing tweet, the WBC heavyweight champion said: “The cut is genuine. Correct you can’t box with the cut.
“Correct has to be cancelled. That’s why he’s cut so he can pull out. S***house.”
Fury’s fiery rant at the now-retired Haye went viral in the hours following his cut-enforced withdrawal from his long-overdue fight with Usyk.
And boxing fans were quick to comment, with one saying: “Now what do we have here?
Another said: “There’s always an old tweet with Tyson. Tyson is a student of the game TBF.”
And another said: “Time is a flat circle.”
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Tyson Fury’s statement in full
TYSON Fury has apologised to boxing fans after suffering a horrific cut to his eye in training.
Fury said: “I am absolutely devastated after preparing for this fight for so long and being in such superb condition.
“I feel bad for everyone involved in this huge event and I will work diligently towards the rescheduled date once the eye has healed.
“I can only apologise to everyone affected including my own team, Team Usyk, the undercard fighters, partners, and fans as well as our hosts and my friends in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”
He also posted on instagram, with the caption: “Can’t help getting injured in sparring but what I can say was Usyk was in trouble.
“I am in fantastic shape. I will resheduel (sic) soon as i can. 2024 a massive year for team GK #undisputed #wbcking”
One remarked: “Tyson Fury reacting to David Haye pulling out with a cut a few weeks before their fight that never happened.
“[Is] history repeating itself?!”
Another chimed in: “It might take 11 years but in the end, karma always shows up.”
The irony wasn’t lost on former WBA heavyweight champ Haye, who has revealed he wanted a similar fate to befall Fury.
He said: “Fury suffers a cut a couple of weeks before the fight. I know that pain all so well – in 2013 when I was scheduled to fight Tyson Fury, I suffered a cut.
“And oh did I not hear the end of it from him.
“I actually remember at the time thinking, ‘I hope one day before one of his big fights he has to suffer this.’
“‘He’s been that much of a d**k about it.’ And here we are. But I don’t feel that good about it at all.”
Fury had 15 stitches to close the horror wound that has delayed his bid for undisputed heavyweigt supremacy.
And his cutman has revealed he’ll need at least “THREE MONTHS” to recover from the nasty gash.
Jorge Capetillo told Betway: “I would say it will take 90 days at least to recover from a cut in sparring.
“Hopefully the fight can happen in the summer because it’s such unfortunate news.
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“The cut needs to heal really good and then Tyson can get back in action, back in training and get back in camp so it will be at least a few months for sure.
“Accidents can happen in sparring, and this is what has happened with Tyson so he will need time to heal.
“It will now reopen during the fight if they continued into the fight so now he needs time out to make sure it doesn’t open up with a first punch from Oleksandr Usyk.
“Obviously during camp, sparring sessions when getting ready for a fight of this calibre means you bring the best sparring partners you can and work hard in sparring but sometimes it’s very tough and things like this can happen.
“We always try to prevent that and make sure the fighter has a healthy camp, but this is part of the game.
“This is a fight that requires the best of the best with the best sparring partners.
“When there’s a cut happened by a punch, the opponent can get a TKO if the fight gets stopped so all of that stuff is important to have precaution.
“I know how hard Tyson was working for this fight.
“His work ethic, his discipline, he was working really hard like always and was so hungry for this fight.
“But these things happen, and cuts happen.”
What does this mean for boxing?
The saddest thing is this didn’t really come as a surprise to the British boxing media, writes SunSport’s boxing correspondent Wally Downes.
Rumours of Fury struggling in sparring with cruiserweight King Jai Opetaia and teenage sensation Moses Itauma were rife.
It seemed unlikely that the Gypsy King would risk upsetting Turki Alalshikh and the Saudi paymaster.
But now the disaster has officially hit.
As recently as Friday afternoon, SunSport was being invited to Usyk’s secret European camp for a media day on February 6.
And there was the release of the mega-money promo that merged about eight Hollywood films and cost silly million pounds.
If it’s only a cut, there is the outside chance Fury can be back in a few weeks.
But we saw against Otto Wallin that he’s vulnerable to a bleed that needed months to recover.
When Fury was dropped and useless against Francis Ngannou in October – delaying the original undisputed decider – the money men behind the scenes created an incredible replacement with AJ vs Wallin.
And they could do something absolutely crazy to compensate now.
