By: Sean Crose
Sky Sports activities spoke with WBC honcho Mauricio Sulaiman about Tyson Fury and the state of the heavyweight division. Though the WBC, like most main boxing organizations, has over time been criticized for incompetence, unfair practices, or each, Sulaiman claimed that it was time for the WBC to change into proactive in regard to discovering an opponent for it’s heavyweight champion, Fury. The colourful and dominant Fury, in spite of everything, has engaged in a number of negations which have fallen via through the previous half yr or so.
“Now we have to take some motion,” Sulaiman stated. “There are totally different choices. I’m going to handle this with the board of governors, as a result of already we’re coming into June and there’s no state of affairs. Tyson Fury will make us proud and present who the WBC champion is.” The WBC head went on to elucidate why his group hasn’t gotten overly concerned up till this level to find Fury an opponent.
“We didn’t push it within the hope that Fury would combat (WBO, WBA and IBF titlist Oleksandr) Usyk. In order that was all the way in which to March. So we’ve got to take some selections.” The well-known title of Anthony Joshua got here up. May there be an opportunity the WBC will order he and Fury to lastly meet within the ring? “That’s a chance,” Sulaiman stated. “If Wilder and Ruiz usually are not preventing for the ultimate elimination, Joshua’s proper there at No 3. That’s doable.”
So, does the WBC have a favourite potential obligatory opponent for Fury? “I don’t need to speculate,” stated Sulaiman, “as a result of that might be irresponsible to attempt to make one thing up. Now we have to undergo a course of. The WBC board of governors will make that call…at this stage something is feasible. There’s an excessive amount of expertise, too many nice fights, too many nice combos that might be made for heavyweight and all the things is stalled.”
Maybe surprisingly, Sulaiman went on to criticize Fury. “After all there’s concern about heavyweight underperforming within the fights which have been finished,” he stated. “However that’s not the fault of anybody however simply greed and energy. So hopefully they’ll come to their senses and make the fights occur. Tyson Fury’s the sufferer of the perils of cash.” Nonetheless, Sualiman wasn’t prepared to pile on the criticism. Fury is, in spite of everything, nonetheless one of many WBC’s extra in style and dominant belt holders.
“However he’s prepared to combat anybody,” Sulaiman stated of his group’s heavyweight titlist, “and I’m certain he might be lively very quickly.”
