WBC president says Tyson Fury has until Friday to confirm he is tired
Via Charles Brun: WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman said his organization’s deadline for heavyweight champion Tyson Fury to confirm whether he is nearing retirement is this Friday, August 26. Fury needs to confirm by written before that deadline that he will retire or continue his career.
Sulaiman did not say who would fight for the WBC belt if Fury chose to stay put, but many believe the winner of the showdown between Andy Ruiz Jr. and Luis Ortiz on September 4 will face Deontay Wilder for the belt if it is vacated.
Fury has been telling fans he’s been retired for months now. However, last Saturday he posted on social media that he plans to further his career and is interested in fighting IBF, WBA & WBO champions like Oleksandr Usyk or Anthony Joshua .
“We confirm that we will give Tyson Fury and his team until this Friday, the 26th, to receive written confirmation,” WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman told Secondsout about the deadline by which Tyson Fury must confirm in writing whether or not he is a monk.
“Instead of speculating, we’ll wait for the time we’ve all agreed on, then we’ll see. Tyson Fury, we’re so proud of him. We are giving him the time he deserves to make the educated decision we all look forward to making this Friday.
“I don’t like to speculate,” Sulaiman said when asked what would happen if Fury decided to retire and give up his WBC belt. “Once we have a problem, we solve it. Starting now to discuss it would be disrespectful to Tyson Fury.
“So we’re going to wait until Friday, and the next thing is next. As a matter of compulsion, Tyson only fights his compulsion, so he is free to do whatever he wants to do for a while. In case he is still a champion, he has many options. If it’s a different scenario, we’ll deal with it then.
“I think Fury will see unification as a challenge, as an incentive to come back and make another statement as a champion. I think he would be happy to consider that option. I see Fury-Usyk as a huge concern for everyone.
“We want to see matches between champions. We encourage them. . It further complicates the division of the organization, but we agreed to continue to try and see these mergers,” said Sulaiman.