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Only six weeks ago, ahead of the February 17th fight, Tyson Fury suffered a “freak cut” during a sparring session in Riyadh. As the cut required 11 stitches, Fury vs. Usyk had to be postponed. On the other hand, provided the “urgent medical attention” Fury required, ‘The Gypsy King,’ who bragged about being in good shape, had to stop training.

Lately, after the WBC Heavyweight champion resumed his training, Oleksandr Usyk jabbed Tyson Fury on social media. Following this incident, Tyson Fury has now called Usyk “fat“. Subsequently, he a96*advised the Ukrainian boxer to work on his abs. However, the fans fired back at Fury.

War of words: Tyson Fury threatens to crack bones

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Earlier this month, in his interview with The Stomping Ground, Tyson Fury informed the fans that he had “rested” and “recovered” from the cut he suffered over a month ago. As a result, Fury revealed that he was in the process of resuming his training for the Usyk fight which was postponed to the 18th of May. Likewise, a few days later, Fury started uploading his training videos. Besides walking on the treadmill, Fury was seen hitting the heavy bag and the mitts. However, Usyk decided to troll ‘The Gypsy King’.

Taking to his Instagram account, ‘The Cat’ uploaded a video of him skipping the ropes. In the clip, the Ukrainian boxer was accompanied by a partner as Eminem’s Lose Yourself set the tone for the workout. Anyway, taking his jab at Fury, Usyk wrote, “Your camp just started, mine never finished.” Now, in his reply to Usyk, Fury shared Usyk’s clip on one of his Instagram stories and wrote, “@usykaa and his pal looking like to fat migets. Gonna need strong abs as I’m gonna crack bones.

After Michael Benson shared Fury’s response, several fans reacted to it. Here is what they are saying.

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In their reply to Fury, one fan referred to the WBC Heavyweight champion’s fight against Francis Ngannou. They highlighted that Ngannou had dropped Fury in the third round in only his debut fight. “Have some shame this was you against an MMA fighter who had never boxed in his life just some months ago,” they wrote.

Meanwhile, one argued that Fury “couldn’t hurt a fly with his pillow punches.”

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On the other hand, one was surprised that Fury talked about Usyk being “FAT“.

Meanwhile, one referred to the eye injury Fury suffered this year.

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However, one was confident that Fury would “cripple” Usyk with his body shots.

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With that said, what do you make of Fury’s reaction to Usyk skipping ropes? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.

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