Former boxing star Steve Cunningham has predicted that Tyson Fury could qualify to face Oleksandr Usyk in May.
The two were originally scheduled to meet in December, but the fight was postponed to February after Fury narrowly defeated Francis Ngannou.
However, the match was postponed again to May because the British player suffered a serious eye injury.
The 35-year-old Fury slimmed down for the bout, aiming for a win in the heavyweight bout.
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However, Cunningham, who previously eliminated Fury in 2013, predicted the Gypsy King could be “disqualified” for “leaning on” Usyk during the match.
“I think Joshua vs. Fury is a fight that should happen,” he told World Boxing News.
“Who's going to win? Having a champion mindset, if both males are in top conditioning, you never know what's going to happen. They're going to present different dangers to each other.”
“But I think Usyk won a decision against Fury, otherwise Fury would be disqualified.
“Fury will have to lean on top of Usyk to tire him out, as usual.
“But I think the referee will warn you about this before the game.” [by team Usyk]Fury would then lose points. ”
Fury didn't do well in his last fight against Ngannou.
And the Briton received even more criticism after Anthony Joshua swept Ngannou last month.
Cunningham claims he was “not surprised” to see Joshua defeat his opponent so easily.
He continued: “When I saw what Anthony Joshua did against Francis Ngannou, I wasn’t surprised at all.
“So Ngannou is an amateur boxer at best.
“In the fight against Joshua, he made a feint and his defense was lax. He didn't see the system that Joshua had set up.
“I thought Ngannou's power and Joshua would take his time and get the KO, but that wasn't the case, he got right to work.
“I think Ngannou just looked as good as he did when he fought Fury because Fury didn't take fighting mixed martial artists seriously.
“But Ngannou has unbelievable power. He got a clean shot on Fury, who wasn't feeling well at all.
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“I was surprised by that, but I wasn’t surprised by the fact that Fury stood up and pointed him out.”
Meanwhile, Moses Itauma recently opened up about Fury after sparring with the 35-year-old.
And he claimed the boxing icon was “just Marmite” as he prepared for his bout with Briton Usyk.
“Obviously I was in Tyson's camp,” the teenager told talkSPORT.
“He was very Marmite in sparring, some days he did well and others he did unbelievably well.
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“Obviously I was in Tyson's camp,” the teenager told talkSPORT.
“He was very Marmite in sparring, some days he did well and others he did unbelievably well.
“As I say, he's very Marmite. You can have a bad day in sparring and I think he had a very bad day against Francis Ngannou.”
