Tyson Fury has launched a fresh verbal tirade against Oleksandr Usyk, who appears frankly unbothered by it all as ever.
The WBC heavyweight world champion returned to social media in emphatic fashion on Thursday, beginning a war of words with Usyk, his promoter Alex Krassyuk, UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones and even Joe Rogan.
Earlier this year, negotiations for the undisputed fight fell through, prompting Fury to instead take a family holiday and spend some time on social media.
On Thursday, he posted for the first time in a while and slammed Usyk.
"Can't wait to KO this little rat b*****d," Fury wrote over an edited picture of himself and the Ukrainian together, "Cowardly, yellow, ugly, bog-eyed bum!
"Usyk, keep running rabbit. And I've heard nothing from your team or anybody else.
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Now it appears that the heavyweight division is almost on hold as Saudi Arabia plot to stage Fury vs Usyk and Anthony Joshua vs Deontay Wilder in December, with talks ongoing.
Fury followed up with an Instagram video in which he roared: "I just wanna say to everybody, right, I wanna knock all these motherf***ers out and I'm ready to rumble.
"I've not fought since December through no fault of my own. I've tried to fight f***ing the little midget Usyk and he's not wanted anything...
"I'm looking to fight anybody, any time, any place, any where. I cannot wait to fight Usyk, AJ - whoever's out there I'm f***ing you up because I am the baddest motherf***er on the planet."
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‼️ Tyson Fury with a statement of intent on Instagram today as he calls out Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua, and claims Andy Ruiz demanded $20million to fight him: "I am the baddest motherf***er on the planet."
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— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) May 18, 2023A few hours later, Usyk responded to this by posting a meme which showed a photoshopped Fury being dragged kicking and screaming into a room with a Usyk, as well as Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder.
He captioned it: "Greedy Belly, we'll see you again!"
This prompted a furious reply from Fury who added in another video: "Oleksandr is no great. Oleksandr the coward, that's you. You little cowardly, ugly b*****d.
"You had your opportunity to fight me in April, the f***ing biggest fight of all time, fight of the century.
"But no, you wanted rematches, crying like a little girl, sausage. You ain't no good man, you're a piece of s***.
"Look at the state of your face after AJ butchered you in your fights, you ain't Mr Unhittable, I'll annihilate you, easy fight.
"Come and take your money, 30 per cent, no rematch clauses, man on man and I will annihilate you sausage.
"But you don't want it because you're a little ducker, ain't you? You're a little cowardly s***house.
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"In fact, AJ, Deontay Wilder and you, I own all three of you. I'm the daddy.
"Come and fight you little cowardly b*****d."
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