Oleksandr Usyk's manager, Alex Krassyuk, has questioned Tyson Fury after the bout between the two men was postponed.
Fury and Usyk had been due to meet in Saudi Arabia on February 17. However, with the Gypsy King sustaining a nasty eye injury, their showdown has now been pushed back to May instead.
Footage has gone viral of Fury being caught in sparring, with the boxing star left with a deep cut above his eye.
After it was confirmed the fight had been pushed back, Fury took to social media to show off his slim physique in a pair of blue underpants.
Boxing: Tyson Fury's pants are being questioned after his fight with Oleksandr Usyk was postponed
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Some eagle-eyed supporters noticed, however, that Fury had worn similar underwear in a picture uploaded in 2021.
And Krassyuk, speaking to Boxing News, has now questioned whether the 35-year-old wears the same underwear for three or four years - or whether there's more to the situation than meets the eye.
"I did see this video," he said. “It’s not a convincing video, together with the picture of Tyson that he is in good shape. Very slim.
"People find this picture to be made three years ago. I did not explore it myself.
"But that’s what people said to me on Instagram.
“There’s another picture with him and [promoter] Dmitry Salita in the ring, same underwear.
"But who knows? Maybe Tyson has been wearing his underwear for three or four years. You never know.
“The fact is that you cannot trust this video. And the video itself does not prove anything.
"The picture of the cut, yeah, it shows us the fact. The cut is severe.
"But getting punched in a gear by an uppercut and get cut? No way.
"There is an elbow. But how the hell can an elbow get inside after an uppercut?
"What should be done? And when someone is screaming — why would they scream?
"Did they see blood? Okay, if they saw the blood, why wouldn’t the blood appear on the gloves when he was wiping his eye?
“Too many questions. This video is not convincing.
"The convincing thing is the medical report and the statement that he got cut.”
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Krassyuk did, however, insist the injury had been clarified to him by partners in Saudi Arabia.
“This was confirmed by our Saudi partners,” Krassyuk said.
“They got the medical report and the medical report claims he would need two, three months to recover.”
Meanwhile, Frank Warren has also responded to speculation over Fury's injury.
And he's seething at criticism of his man, insisting the Gypsy King is eager to face Usyk and isn't running scared.
Boxing: Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk are now set to go up against each other in May
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"Tyson wants [the fight]. Some of the stuff that's been going out, I've never heard anything like it," Warren said.
"I don't understand how these people get a living out of this game.
"Has Tyson got make-believe stitches in his eye? What they're saying is libellous and scandalous."
