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LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 01: Tyson Fury speaks to the media during the Tyson Fury v Dilian Whyte press conference at Wembley Stadium on March 01, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by James Chance/Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 01: Tyson Fury speaks to the media during the Tyson Fury v Dilian Whyte press conference at Wembley Stadium on March 01, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by James Chance/Getty Images)
Tyson Fury channeled his inner Deontay Wilder, but not in the ring. Remember when Wilder resurrected Fury’s career? Now, Fury claims he’s the kingmaker, transforming Francis Ngannou into a boxing millionaire. Oddly, he demands gratitude — and foot-kissing. Ngannou, once deemed an underdog, pocketed a staggering $10 million against Fury.
Next up? He’s squaring off with Anthony Joshua. Has Fury really crafted Ngannou’s fortune, or is this just heavyweight hyperbole? Their financial fates are intertwined, but who truly owes whom?
Tyson Fury fought a ‘mismatch’ against Ngannou?
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In a twist of fate and words, Tyson Fury turned the tables, echoing a sentiment once directed at him by Deontay Wilder. Wilder had sharply reminded Fury, “I found you when you were strung out on coke, as big as a house and contemplating killing yourself.” It was Wilder who boasted of bringing Fury back to prominence, a favor Fury now claims to have extended to Francis Ngannou, albeit with a different tone.
Fury’s recent interview with The Stomping Ground unveils his bold claims, draped in the confidence of a champion who believes he has orchestrated Ngannou’s lucrative pivot to boxing. “When I was fighting Ngannou, it was a ‘mismatch’, but it is what it is… Ngannou was ‘useless’, but he proved everyone wrong so fantastic for him,” Fury declared, acknowledging the Cameroonian’s defiance of the odds.
Moreover, Fury doesn’t stop at merely taking credit for Ngannou’s success. He layers on the audacity with a demand for a medieval level of gratitude, saying, “I put him on the map, made him a multi-millionaire, and now I’m making him even more money. So he needs to thank me, he needs to get on his knees and kiss my feet for what I’ve done for him.”
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Through these words, Fury paints a picture of himself as not just a participant in the sport but a kingmaker, responsible for one of the most talked-about crossovers in combat sports history. While Fury helped Ngannou get into boxing, he also talked about how Turki Alalshikh is the reason he is still boxing.
How His Excellency Turki Alalshikh rekindled Fury’s boxing flame
The resurrection of Tyson Fury’s boxing career owes a significant debt to HE Turki Alalshikh’s intervention, according to the heavyweight champion himself. In a revealing dialogue with The Stomping Ground, Fury shed light on the pivotal role the Saudi influence played in reviving the sport and his career. “Boxing was dead until the Saudis came in,” Fury stated, underscoring the transformative impact of Saudi investment.
He went on to express profound gratitude towards Alalshikh: “I wouldn’t be even boxing anymore if Turki Alalshikh did not bring me back and put me on the big shows.”
Fury praised the vision of the Saudis, crediting them for bringing “more eyes on the game” and lauding their efforts in making boxing a global spectacle once again.
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How do you perceive Tyson Fury’s impact on the sport and its fighters? Has his influence been as monumental as he claims?
