What does Tyson Fury do next now that public opinion is beginning to change?

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Tyson Fury Walk Out

For the last four years, Tyson Fury has been boxing’s golden boy and in many respects, could do no wrong in the eyes of fans. It should be stressed that Fury’s reputation over this time was thoroughly deserved after he made one of the all-time comebacks in professional sport. However, fast forward to 2022 and the high regard that the public holds Fury in is beginning to shift after he agreed to fight Derek Chisora for the third time. In short, it is a fight that the public has very little desire to see owing to the fact that it will, in all likelihood, be a grossly one-sided affair.

For further proof of this, you only need to look at the most recent odds on this betting site which price Fury at an unprecedented 1/33 to beat Chisora. 

As you can see, there is little value in the outright odds, however, Fury is at 15/2 to beat Chisora in the sixth round. Punters who feel Fury will repeat his Wembley showing from April 2022 when he beat Dillian Whyte during the same round should keep an eye on the latest betting offers in the build-up to the showdown in early December. 

The method of victory and round betting aside though, it is, in reality, almost impossible to justify this fight taking place which is why Fury’s standing among the international boxing community has fallen steeply since it was announced. So, what does Fury do next in order to ensure that his stock stops dropping and begins to rise once more?

The answer is straightforward: stop pulling the wool over the eyes of fans who idolize him. Essentially, this is the ultimate problem with trying to sell a fight that is as unevenly matched as this one when you consider that boxing fans are far too knowledgeable to fall for the narrative they are being told. To some degree, Fury’s promoter, Frank Warren, is also guilty of shortchanging the public after he tweeted an update on ticket sales at the beginning of November when he encouraged the public to get the last few remaining tickets for the fight at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium when in actual fact, there were tens of thousands left. Once more, this type of inaccuracy tends to disconnect fans from their sporting heroes as they feel more like customers than appreciated supporters.

Going forward, the challenge, as initially highlighted, is for Fury to restore the trust between him and the public by reverting to an honest way of communication. On top of that, the days of fighting journeymen have to be over for Fury who has come too far in his career to begin taking fights that are, on paper at least, a foregone conclusion. Yes, that will mean fighting either Anthony Joshua or Oleksandr Uysk in early 2023. 

Should Fury do that and win, then he will restore his status as the greatest heavyweight of his generation. However, should the 34-year-old continue to operate in a way that is not befitting of a sportsman of his revered caliber, then he will surely lose the respect of millions of fans who hold him in the highest regard.

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