Laura Woods forced to apologise during Tyson Fury interview after Oleksandr Usyk remarks
Laura Woods had to intervene and apologise for Tyson Fury's language during a live interview on TNT Sports.
Fury was in Liverpool on Saturday night to watch Nick Ball defend his WBA featherweight title against Ronny Rios at the M&S Arena.
The Gypsy King's cousin Walter Fury was on the undercard and TNT Sports invited him up into the studio to speak about his upcoming rematch against Oleksandr Usyk.
The British fighter was defeated by Usyk when they met in May, the first professional loss of Fury's career, and a rematch has been scheduled for December 21.
Laura Woods had to apologise for Tyson Fury's language
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The 36-year-old was speaking to TNT Sports presenter Woods and said: "I've always been a bad man my whole life and I'm still one today at nearly 40 years old.
"Few years off 40, but still, I like to say that, it sounds more.
"However, I'm going to go in there with destroy mode.
"Last time I went to box him and I was being cautious. I was boxing the head right off him, let's talk facts.
"Anyone can get caught as we've seen in a lot of these heavyweight fights.
"But this time I'm not going for a points decision. I'm going to knock a motherf***er out. I'm not even sure if you can say that on TNT."
Woods had to jump in at this point and said: "It might be past the watershed, but I probably do have to apologise for a couple of people watching if you're offended by that.
"It is Tyson Fury though, so you might get a bit of that anyway."
Fury then responded: "I'll apologise for my behaviour. If you don't like it, change the channel."
There has been plenty of talk about Fury's upcoming rematch against Usyk and the fact that he might now be considered the underdog due to the Ukrainian's impressive record.
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The 37-year-old is unbeaten throughout his career, having made the jump from cruiserweight to heavyweight seamlessly and has a fine CV having beaten plenty of Britons in Anthony Joshua, Daniel Dubois, Derek Chisora, Tony Bellew and Fury.
"I'm ready to rock and roll," Fury added.
"Listen, I don't need a 12-week camp. I've been boxing all my life. I'm ready to go tonight, tomorrow, next weekend, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday. It doesn't really matter.
"I can come in the ring at 30 stone and do 15 rounds. I'm a natural at it. Do you know what I mean?
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Tyson Fury cannot wait to face Oleksandr Usyk again
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"All I need is five or six weeks sparring - good sparring this time where I've not got a cut that's going to open up.
"We were worried about the cut so much in camp because there was a massive payday on this cut. And the cut wasn't even a factor in the fight. So now, cushty, can't wait.
"It was only three months, 12 weeks before [the fight] I had a 16-inch cut across my left eye and that had to heal.
"It took maybe seven or eight weeks for the cut to heal up. And then another six, seven weeks training. But it's always a risk of it opening up and then you lose your big dough."