Fury out of ring for at least two months
TYSON Fury will not be able to box for at least two months, he has been told, after suffering horrendous cuts during his weekend victory.
The heavyweight boxer, who is eyeing a mouth-watering bout with Deontay Wilder, beat Otto Wallin this weekend.
Fury overcame the unheralded Swede on points in a unanimous decision in Las Vegas but sparked concern with a nasty gash above his right eye in the third round.
Fury battled through nine rounds with blood continually running into his eye before being taken straight to the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada immediately after the fight to see a plastic surgeon.
The 31 year-old needed 47 stitches to close the wound and the Nevada State Athletic Commission say he is not allowed contact until at least October 30 and is suspended until November 14, reports the Mirror.
Frank Warren, who promotes former unified champion Fury, sounded a positive note and said: “The doctor said it was a clean cut so it doesn’t need microsurgery inside and he said it would stitch well.
“Fingers cross it will be alright. He has five months until February and we will see what happens. Of course he does need a rest because he has been in camp for a year.
“He has a cut, he can’t train with a cut. All he has got to do is maintain a decent weight to work on for when he can be in the gym back sparring. It won’t stop him running, it won’t stop him doing other things.
“He needs a rest, he needs a break with his family. He will have a couple of months off and three months to prepare for the fight.”
Fury insists he is happy with how his fight against Wallin went
- and even happier with the job doctors did stitching up his eye.
Asked how he was, he told the PA news agency: “I’m fantastic. They did an absolutely fantastic job on it. Fifty stitches in it.”
Fury, wearing dark glasses to hide the wound, was happy to pose for pictures with fans as he walked through Las Vegas’s McCarran International Airport on his way to catch a flight home to Manchester.
He was happy to show off the neat stitching work done on his eye to anyone who asked but did not want anyone taking photographs of it.
Tyson’s father John Fury launched a blistering attack on his son’s performance and his corner after the fight.
He told BT Sport, where he was appearing as a pundit: “He’s my son, but I’m a straight talker; that’s the worst I’ve seen my son.
“He needs to go back at the drawing board and see what’s gone wrong here.
“That wasn’t Tyson. He was as weak as a kitten from the first round.
“Even looking at him in the first round, he looked softer than he usually does. If I had my way, the lot [Tyson’s team] would be gone.
“If they keep that team that will be his career [gone].”
I’m fantastic, they did an absolutely fantastic job on it. Fifty stitches in it Tyson Fury