TYSON Fury’s opponent for his upcoming undisputed title combat has been canvassing for sparring companions at his Valencia coaching camp.
Oleksandr Usyk, who holds the WBA, WBO, IBF, and IBO belts, has been desperately looking for companions who can imitate the towering peak and telescopic attain of Fury.
To step into the ring with Usyk, boxers solely have to be right-handed, measure between 200 and 210cm tall and have an arm span of 200 to 216cm. And be right-handed.
In return for travelling to Valencia and taking a possible beating from the southpaw, the fighters have been incomes $400 (€368) per session.
The Ukrainian is about to come back up towards the Gypsy King, the WBC champion, in Saudi Arabia in precisely one month, on February 17.
The conflict will give the boxing world its first undisputed champion since Brit Lennox Lewis in 2000.
In the meantime, Fury, 35, a Mancunian, has been getting ready for the bout within the extra mundane airs of Morecambe.
It’s a far cry from Marbella, the place he has educated beforehand beneath the umbrella of Dublin crime lord Daniel Kinahan at MTK Gymnasium in Puerto Banus in 2019.
He even thanked the alleged drug trafficker for organising a collection of multi-million euro fights with Anthony Joshua in 2020.
Nevertheless, after an outcry in Eire and questions even being requested within the Irish parliament, Fury shortly distanced himself.
The MTK International boxing administration firm closed its doorways in 2022 after the US authorities sanctions the Kinahan cartel.
It maybe explains why these days Fury prefers Morecambe.
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