The member of Oleksandr Usyk’s entourage who was headbutted by John Fury has now mentioned the surprising incident.
Yesterday was the primary day that each groups have been collectively within the metropolis of Riyadh forward of this weekend’s vastly anticipated undisputed conflict between Usyk and Tyson Fury, which can resolve the first-ever 4 belt king within the banner division.
After a heated coming collectively, Fury’s father determined to take issues into his personal palms after claiming that Stanislav Stepchuk, who was carrying Usyk’s staff tracksuit, entered his house and disrespected his son, Tyson.
As such, he headbutted the younger man however was left bleeding from his brow within the foyer of the Riyadh Hilton Resort in Saudi Arabia. Footage shortly circulated and confirmed that each males have been restrained by safety to stop additional confrontation.
Stepchuk has now spoken to Boxing Information concerning the altercation however fairly performed it down.
“That’s not a whole lot of battle. We simply shouted the identify of Usyk and John Fury was mad about it and did what he did. We didn’t offend him. He’s nervous, he’s not steady in emotion, we predict he’s nervous, that is his weak point, we predict.”
He was requested if hatred had now grown between the 2 groups.
“Sure, we predict a bit of bit. If this occurs once more, I will likely be able to defend myself.”
Lastly, sporting a small bruise above his left eye, he had a message for Fury Snr.
“We want to respect one another and respect all people.”
For his half, ‘Large John’ claimed he was sat minding his personal enterprise.
“All I may hear was, “Usyk, Usyk, Usyk. Popping out with all that garbage. He’s in my face, attempting to be intelligent. Coming into my house, “Usyk, Usyk”, no person’s bothering with them.
“I used to be solely chanting my very own son’s identify. I’m going to face up for my son. On the finish of the day, my son is the perfect on the earth and I would like individuals to respect him and provides him the credit score that he deserves.”
Whether or not or not he’s the perfect on the earth will likely be determined stay on DAZN PPV, Sky Sports activities Field Workplace and TNT Sports activities Field Workplace this weekend with predictions flying in from all onlookers.
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