{"id":12975,"date":"2023-01-18T13:56:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T13:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=12975"},"modified":"2023-01-18T12:04:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T12:04:09","slug":"tyson-fury-responds-to-oleksandr-usyks-call-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/tyson-fury-responds-to-oleksandr-usyks-call-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury Responds To &#8220;Rabbit&#8221; Usyk&#8217;s Call-Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/tyson-fury-and-oleksandr-usyk.jpg\" alt=\"Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12619\" title=\"Tyson Fury Responds To Oleksandr Usyk's Call-Out\" \/><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tyson Fury shares social media post and responds to Usyk call-out<\/li>\n<li>The Gypsy King gives Usyk a verbal bashing and accepts challenge<\/li>\n<li>Saudi Arabia expected to make an offer to host fight this week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tyson Fury\u2019s promoter <strong>Bob Arum<\/strong> shared last week that he was confident he could put together a massive heavyweight fight between &#8220;<em>The Gypsy King<\/em>&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/frank-warren-confident-tyson-fury-vs-oleksandr-usyk-will-take-place-in-march-2023\/\">Tyson Fury and Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk by Mach 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oleksandr Usyk<\/strong>, the <em>WBA, IBF and WBO<\/em> champion responded soon after on social media, calling out Fury and saying \u2018<em>where are you?<\/em>\u2019 The Gypsy King remained silent for a few days but he finally responded to the call out on social media. <\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Where are you?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tyson_Fury?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Tyson_Fury<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/em9jQ2qH50\">pic.twitter.com\/em9jQ2qH50<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alexander Usyk (@usykaa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usykaa\/status\/1613964923754659841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<h2>Fury Says He Will &#8220;Bust Him Up Real Bad&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>WBC heavyweight champ <strong>Tyson Fury<\/strong> has always been excellent on the mike and never afraid to taunt his opponents and promote the fight. The Gypsy King came out with one of his usual rants where he went after Usyk and called him a&#8221; <em>rabbit<\/em>&#8220;. <\/p>\n<p>Fury has called Usyk a rabbit in the past and said his dad gave the Ukrainian the name \u2018<em>rabbit<\/em>\u2019 because he looks like one. He also reminded Usyk that he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/sports-betting\/boxing\">boxing<\/a> at middleweight rather than at heavyweight.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is the call out \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usykaa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@usykaa<\/a> . Middleweight. <\/p>\n<p>I AM COMING FOR YOU \ud83d\udc07 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RunRabbitRun?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RunRabbitRun<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>You know who I am. The Gypsy King. There\u2019s only ever been one \ud83d\udc51<\/p>\n<p>Come get some! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/boxing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#boxing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LFrDj9JdKQ\">pic.twitter.com\/LFrDj9JdKQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TYSON FURY (@Tyson_Fury) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tyson_Fury\/status\/1615424370553327634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Fury has previously referred to himself as the &#8220;<em>farmer who was coming to get the rabbit and would skin him alive and have him for breakfast!<\/em>&#8221; (<em>from 4:11 on video below<\/em>) Fury ended his verbal tirade on Usyk by &#8220;<em>promising to turn him into a big pile of tattoos<\/em>&#8220;!<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V-jactuB5b8?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Saudi Arabia Expected To Make Offer This Week<\/h2>\n<p>The response from Fury is a good indicator that both camps are seriously interested in getting this fight done. Bob Arum has hinted that they expect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/saudi-arabia\/online-betting\">Saudi Arabia<\/a> to make an offer this week on hosting what could be one of the biggest heavyweight clashes in recent history as four belts are expected to be on the line.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia has thrown big money in the past and outbid the UK and the USA to secure top heavyweight fights. Arum claims that if the offer from Saudi Arabia does not come through or is not as appealing as they expect it to be, they will most likely get the fight done at Wembley Stadium in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>If the fight takes place in Wembley, it will give Fury a massive advantage over Usky as he will be fighting on home soil. Usyk will prefer Saudi Arabia as it\u2019s a neutral venue!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Tyson Fury shares social media post and responds to Usyk call-out The Gypsy King gives Usyk a verbal bashing and accepts challenge Saudi Arabia expected to make an offer to host fight this week Tyson Fury\u2019s promoter Bob Arum shared last week that he was confident he could put together a massive heavyweight fight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","category-uk"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tyson Fury Responds To &quot;Rabbit&quot; Usyk&#039;s Call-Out<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tyson Fury has always been excellent on the mike and never afraid to taunt his opponents and promote the fight - 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