Tyson Fury's brother, Shane, has revealed the Gypsy King is set for a record payday when he fights Oleksandr Usyk in May.
The world of boxing had been looking forward to seeing the pair lock horns this month, with a date of February 17 initially pencilled in.
But their bout has been pushed back to May 18 after Fury suffered a gruesome eye injury in training.
Ever since there have been conspiracy theorists suggesting Fury doesn't want the fight and is buying himself more time.
Boxing news: Tyson Fury is set for a record payday when he fights Oleksandr Usyk
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That's something his promoter, Frank Warren, has denied - as well as the Gypsy King himself.
And Fury's brother, Shane, has now put those rumours to bed while also revealing his sibling was in line for the biggest payday of his career.
“There is no narrative about it in my eyes," he told Boxing King Media.
"Let me tell you, Tyson’s getting near on triple the amount of his highest payday.
"So that’s the one reason why you’re not gonna get pulled out.
“Another reason is we’re too confident of beating Usyk.
"Listen, I believe Usyk is a great fighter and he beats them all. I don’t there’s anyone else who beats him.
"But I don’t think he can beat Tyson – I don’t think he can. We was about to see that. I was looking forward to it myself, to watch, and just to see.
“But yeah, near on triple his highest payday, super-confident of doing the job, coming back-to-back off a training camp and a fight previously, coming in the ring sharp, coming in the best shape probably in the last, I don’t know however long and everything going well.”
Shane also shut down talk that Fury had been dropped in sparring, insisting those rumours were wide of the mark.
“I can assure you he [Opetaia] never dropped anyone," he said.
"If he beat Tyson up I would tell you that ‘yeah he’s a very good man and whatever’ – be straight.
"I wouldn’t be saying anything if Tyson did the same with him – they’re spar stories.
“A load of rubbish – that obviously never happened, just never happened.
"But people will believe exactly what they want to believe. Any little bit of negative, they can get views off them. I suppose it’s the business.
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“These people – if they’re doing 100 videos a month, 85 of them is off Tyson, negativeness.”
Warren, meanwhile, insists the bout between Fury and Usyk is 'locked in' and the fight will go ahead as planned.
“It is locked in, and some of the nonsense that went on over the last few weeks when it got postponed, in my time in boxing, I’ve never heard so many idiots who are involved in boxing coming out with these stupid conspiracy theories," he said.
“Tyson has got a genuine cut, he’s walking around with stitches in his eyes.
“This fight tonight was postponed, the fight last week was also postponed. It’s nothing new.”
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Fury and Usyk will now fight on May 18.
And that's despite George Groves suggesting the 35-year-old 'may never fight again'.
