Lapin Doubts Fury Suffered Sparring Injury

Sergey Lapin, CEO of the team of WBA, WBO, IBO, and IBF heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) and a co-founder of Ready To Fight, does not believe that Tyson Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) received a cut during sparring.

"Rumors were circulating that Fury's preparation was not going according to plan, and then promoter Alexander Krassyuk called to say that Fury had received a cut. The circumstances are more than suspicious.

In our modern era, with all the modern protective headgear available to elite-level fighters, with the bigger gloves used in sparrings, it seems impossible for him to have received such an injury during sparring.

I instinctively feel that something suspicious happened. Maybe Fury wasn't ready for the fight. Maybe he got knocked down in sparring, and they needed to buy more time.

But are we really surprised that Tyson Fury continues to run away from Usyk? Are we really surprised that Fury found another way to avoid the fight? There's nothing new about this," said Lapin in comments to DAZN.

The fight was postponed from February 17th to May 18th.