With Zhilei Zhang tied up by a Joe Joyce rematch and Andy Ruiz Jr allegedly pricing himself out amidst his ongoing career death spiral, Tyson Fury has turned his attention elsewhere for a potential summer return. Angelo Di Carlo, manager of undefeated Demsey McKean, tells the Herald Sun that “[c]hats began some time ago” for the two to square off in Australia.
McKean (22-0, 14 KO) has spent the last few years getting named as a potential opponent for the likes of Joseph Parker and Antony Joshua, then crushing bottom-of-the-barrel foes instead. His best win was a 2020 finish of Jonathan Rice and he’s still semi-regularly booked for eight-rounders.
It would be a joke of a fight, and you can blame both Fury (33-0, 24 KO) and the WBC for that. Fury is overdue for a mandatory defense, as it’s been exactly 13 months since he flattened Dillian Whyte. Mauricio Sulaiman and co. sanctioned a miniature eliminator tourney, but have done absolutely nothing to make Deontay Wilder vs Andy Ruiz Jr happen or order an alternative eliminator.
Just clown shoes all around.
Fury is going to fight who?????