WBC champion Fury was due to battle WBO, WBA and IBF titlist Usyk in Saudi Arabia in the ‘Ring of Fire’ fight on Saturday February 17, but that has now been delayed.
The “freak cut” opened up above Fury’s right eye and required “urgent medical attention and significant stitching”, Queensberry Promotions revealed in a statement.
Usyk’s manager Egis Klimas told Sky Sports that Fury “will do anything to not face Usyk” before mockingly adding that maybe “he was hit by a frying pan which he asked for”.
Klimas added it was “too early to say” whether Usyk would wait for a new fight date with Fury or take another bout in the interim, saying: “It’s very hot at the moment, we just got this straight from the oven.”
