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Heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury appeared on the MMA Hour yesterday and made a few comments that are sure to upset MMA fans and fighters:
“Not really. I think MMA is for people who can’t box, basically,” Fury told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s The MMA Hour. “That’s just my opinion on that. It’s not really entertaining for me. The only time it’s entertaining is when they stand up and punch each other. That’s what I think fans like as well.
“I don’t think anyone likes to see people roll about the floor,” he continued. “I think people want to see the stand-up punching. Even the referee when they’re on the floor to get up, get into it. I think I speak on behalf of a lot of people that the best parts of MMA is when they’re standing up and trading punches.”
“I don’t disrespect what anybody does,” Fury said of MMA fighters and kickboxers. “If they’re achieving something positive in their life, that’s very good and they deserve credit for it. Anybody that can do something good in sports or life in general deserves lots of credit. What I’m saying, where I’m coming from is, the best part of MMA to me is when they’re standing up kicking each other and punching each other. Stand-up combat, you see.
“Anything that’s stand-up, one-on-one combat, for me, I’m into,” Fury declared. “As soon as they start going up and down the floor and scoring points – not too sure how it works – but what I see, I’m not really too interested in. Sometimes they can stay on the floor quite a while before the referee says gets up before anything is going on. I just like to see the strikes getting blowed: punches, kicks, knees, whatever you like. All stand-up action.”
ABOUT TYSON FURY
Tyson Luke Fury (born 12 August 1988) is a British professional boxer who fights at heavyweight. In November 2015, he defeated Wladimir Klitschko to become the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO and The Ring magazine unified heavyweight champion.
Fury has the been the subject of significant criticism and controversy relating to reportedly sexist and homophobic statements he has made. After a successful year he was added to the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2015 shortlist. Over 80,000 people signed a petition saying that his ostensibly homophobic and sexist views made him an unsuitable recipient for the award.
source: wikipedia.com
