By: Sean Crose
Sky Sports spoke with WBC honcho Mauricio Sulaiman about Tyson Fury and the state of the heavyweight division. Although the WBC, like most main boxing organizations, has through the years been criticized for incompetence, unfair practices, or each, Sulaiman claimed that it was time for the WBC to turn out to be proactive in regard to discovering an opponent for it’s heavyweight champion, Fury. The colourful and dominant Fury, in any case, has engaged in a number of negations which have fallen by way of throughout the previous half yr or so.
“We have to take some action,” Sulaiman mentioned. “There are different options. I’m going to address this with the board of governors, because already we’re entering June and there’s no scenario. Tyson Fury will make us proud and show who the WBC champion is.” The WBC head went on to elucidate why his group hasn’t gotten overly concerned up till this level find Fury an opponent.
“We didn’t push it in the hope that Fury would fight (WBO, WBA and IBF titlist Oleksandr) Usyk. So that was all the way to March. So we have to take some decisions.” The well-known identify of Anthony Joshua got here up. Might there be an opportunity the WBC will order he and Fury to lastly meet within the ring? “That’s a possibility,” Sulaiman mentioned. “If Wilder and Ruiz are not fighting for the final elimination, Joshua’s right there at No 3. That’s possible.”
So, does the WBC have a favourite potential necessary opponent for Fury? “I don’t want to speculate,” mentioned Sulaiman, “because that would be irresponsible to try to make something up. We have to go through a process. The WBC board of governors will make that decision…at this stage anything is possible. There’s too much talent, too many great fights, too many great combinations that could be made for heavyweight and everything is stalled.”
Perhaps surprisingly, Sulaiman went on to criticize Fury. “Of course there’s concern about heavyweight underperforming in the fights that have been done,” he mentioned. “But that’s not the fault of anyone but just greed and power. So hopefully they will come to their senses and make the fights happen. Tyson Fury’s the victim of the perils of money.” Still, Sualiman wasn’t keen to pile on the criticism. Fury is, in any case, nonetheless one of many WBC’s extra common and dominant belt holders.
“But he’s willing to fight anyone,” Sulaiman mentioned of his group’s heavyweight titlist, “and I’m sure he will be active very soon.”
