Commentator Steve Bunce believes the reason Tyson Fury fled the ring immediately after the scores were announced in his loss to overall heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk last Saturday night was because Daniel Dubois entered the ring.
An embarrassing sight
Bunce feels 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 didn’t want to stand and watch. It would have put Fury in an uncomfortable 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 how it would make the proud ex-WBC champion Fury look.
The high-ranking person who called Dubois in the ring may have overlooked how that would set Napoleonic fury in a humiliating position, ignored like driftwood. The Emperor was reduced to a secondary person with that trait.
It shouldn’t have happened because there were other ways to create an Usyk vs. Dubois match on without Daniel entering the ring to call him out while Fury was still present.
It all looked like an embarrassing circus. Dubois did not look comfortable calling Usyk and it was told to do this. He seemed to know it wasn’t right and seemed timid.
Dubois’ disrespectful move
“Dubois was obviously in the ring trying to fight, but it was a little disrespectful. First and foremost to Tyson Fury. Second to Oleksandr Usyk and third to Joseph Parker, who he’s going to fight in February,” Carl Frampton told TNT Sports Boxing, talking about the circus atmosphere immediately following the Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury rematch, where Daniel Dubois got law. to enter the ring.
“I didn’t really like that. I understand why he does it, but it wasn’t my cup of tea,” Frampton said.
“I’m sure that’s why Fury left,” said commentator Steve Bunce, giving his take on why he believes Tyson Fury fled the ring immediately after the fight. “You’re in the ring, you Tyson Fury. You’ve been king of the world for a long time. You’re in the ring. The man who just beat you [Usyk] really tight on points there.
“You’re standing in the ring. You’re standing there doing nothing but doing an interview and all of a sudden you see Dubois come in, go stage left and get right into a brawl. If we can get another camera angle, I bet on Tyson Fury leaving at some point during the first. That’s how it works,” Bunce said.
“I know it’s 2-0, but it’s been so close 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 before AJ. Take a third fight [with Oleksandr]. He’s not going to get knocked out. The AJ match 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 were not controversial fights unless you are a Fury fan. People did not see any of these fights as controversial. The only questionable thing about the first was the referee giving Fury a standing figure eight in the ninth round when he was seriously injured.
There is almost no chance of a trilogy fight between Usyk and Fury happening next because it is too risky for Tyson. He and his promoters will not take the chance of him being beaten a third time by Usyk and spoiling the lucrative fight with Anthony Joshua. Turki Alalshikh also said after the fight that he wants to make a clash between Joshua and Fury next. He did not say anything about the set-up of the trilogy.