Commentator Steve Bunce believes the reason Tyson Fury fled the ring immediately after the scores were announced in his loss to unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk last Saturday night was because Daniel Dubois entered the ring.
An Embarrassing Spectacle
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 wouldn’t stand and watch. That would have put Fury in an uncomfortable position and made him look bad.
It’s unclear who decided to allow Dubois to enter the ring. Whoever it was, they obviously didn’t consider how it would make the prideful ex-WBC champion Fury look.
The high-ranking person who made the call to let Dubois in the ring may have overlooked how it would put the Napoleonic Fury in a humiliating position, being ignored like driftwood. The emperor was reduced to a secondary person with that move.
It shouldn’t have happened because there were other ways to set up a Usyk vs. Dubois fight without Daniel entering the ring to call him out while Fury was still present.
The whole thing looked like an embarrassing circus. Dubois didn’t look comfortable calling out Usyk, and it was told to do this. He seemed to know it wasn’t right and appeared timid.
Dubois’ Disrespectful Move
“Dubois was in the ring obviously trying to make a fight, but it was a little disrespectful. First of all, to Tyson Fury. Secondly, to Oleksandr Usyk, and thirdly to Joseph Parker, who he’s going to fight in February,” said Carl Frampton to TNT Sports Boxing, talking about the circus atmosphere immediately after the Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury rematch, where Daniel Dubois was allowed to enter the ring.
“I didn’t quite like that. I understand why he’s doing it, but it wasn’t my cup of tea,” said Frampton.
“I’m sure that’s why Fury left,” said commentator Steve Bunce, giving his take for why he believes Tyson Fury fled the ring immediately after the fight. “You’re in the ring, your Tyson Fury. You’ve been the King of the world for a long time. You’re in the ring. The man that’s just beaten you [Usyk] really tight on points is there.
“You’re standing in the ring. You’re not standing for any other thing other than to do an interview, and suddenly, you see Dubois come in, enter stage left, and gets straight into a fray. If we can get another camera angle, I bet Tyson Fury leaves at some point during that first thing. He’s standing in the ring. That’s the way it works,” said Bunce.
“I know it’s 2-0, but it’s been so tight and so controversial. There’s a trilogy on the table. I think they have a third fight,” said Bunce about wanting a trilogy between Fury and Usyk next. “It’s still a massive fight before AJ. Have a third fight [with Oleksandr]. He’s not going to get knocked out. The AJ fight is still there. I think Fury is right when he says, ‘The AJ fight is going to be there no matter when it happens,” said Bunce.
Fury-Usyk weren’t controversial fights unless you’re a Fury fan. People didn’t see either of those matches as controversial. The only thing questionable about the first one was the referee who gave Fury a standing eight count in the ninth round when he was badly hurt.
There’s almost no chance for a trilogy match between Usyk and Fury to happen next because it’s too risky for Tyson. He and his promoters aren’t going to want to take the chance that he’ll get beaten a 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 clash between Joshua and Fury next. He didn’t say anything about setting up the trilogy.
