Was Fury’s exit the result of Dubois’ disrespectful ring entrance?

Commentator Steve Bunce believes the reason Tyson Fury fled the ring immediately after the results of his loss to unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday night were announced was because Daniel Dubois entered the ring

A shameful show

Bunce believes that when Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) saw IBF heavyweight champion Dubois enter the ring to call out Usyk (23-0, 14 KOs), he wouldn’t stop and watch. This would have put Fury in an awkward position and made him look bad.

It is unclear who decided to allow Dubois into the ring. Whoever it was, they obviously didn’t consider what the proud former WBC champion Fury would look like.

The high-ranking person who made the call to put Dubois in the ring may have overlooked how he would put the Napoleonic fury in a humiliating position, being ignored like driftwood. The emperor was reduced to a secondary figure by this move.

It shouldn’t have happened because there were other ways to set up a Usyk vs. Dubois fight without Daniel coming into the ring to call him out while Fury was still around.

The whole thing seemed like a shameful circus. Dubois didn’t seem comfortable calling out Usyk, and was told to do so. He seemed to know he was not well and seemed shy.

Disrespectful move by Dubois

“Dubois was in the ring obviously trying to fight, but he was a little disrespectful. First, to Tyson Fury. Second, to Oleksandr Usyk, and third to Joseph Parker, who he’s fighting in February,” he said. say Carl Frampton to TNT sports boxingtalking about the circus atmosphere immediately after the Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury rematch, where Daniel Dubois was able to enter the ring.

“I didn’t like that very much. I understand why he does it, but it just wasn’t my cup of tea,” Frampton said.

“I’m sure that’s why Fury left,” said commentator Steve Bunce, giving his opinion on why he believes Tyson Fury fled the ring immediately after the fight. “You’re in the ring, your Tyson Fury. You’ve been king of the world for a long time. You’re in the ring. The guy who just beat you (Usyk) really hard on points is there.

“You’re standing in the ring. You’re not advocating for anything but doing an interview and all of a sudden you see Dubois come in, come stage left and get right into a fight. If we can get another camera angle , I bet Tyson Fury leaves sometime during that first moment. That’s how it works,” Bunce said.

“I know it’s 2-0, but it’s been so tight and so controversial. There is a trilogy on the table. I think they have a third fight,” Bunce said of wanting a trilogy between Fury and Usyk next. “It’s still a massive fight in front of AJ. You have a third fight (with Oleksandr). He will not be knocked out. AJ’s fight is still there. I think Fury is right when he says, ‘The AJ fight will be there no matter when it happens,’” ​​Bunce said.

Fury-Usyk weren’t controversial fights unless you’re a Fury fan. People didn’t see any of these matches as controversial. The only questionable thing about the first was the referee giving Fury a standing eight count in the ninth round when he was badly hurt.

There is almost no chance of a trilogy match between Usyk and Fury happening next because it is too risky for Tyson. He and his promoters will not want to risk being beaten for the third time by Usyk and ruin the lucrative match with Anthony Joshua. Also, Turki Alalshikh said after the fight that he wants to make a Joshua vs. Fury matchup next. He said nothing about the creation of the trilogy.