Deontay Wilder’s coach calls for Tyson Fury to be STRIPPED of world title amid news of Francis Ngannou fight
TYSON FURY has faced calls from Deontay Wilder’s coach to be STRIPPED of his world title amid rumours of a Francis Ngannou fight.
Fury and Ngannou are expected to announce their crossover clash this week, which is believed to be just an exhibition.
It has left Wilder’s coach Malik Scott fuming and demanding the WBC take their prestigious title away from the heavyweight champion.
Scott told ESNEWS: “Let Deontay and [Andy] Ruiz fight for the WBC, man.
“Let’s do something that makes actual sense, that helps the sport. All this f***ing waiting around, so now we’ve got to wait for Fury and Ngannou to fight.
“Another year. All this s*** just holds up the heavyweight division, man.”
Fury, 34, failed in talks to fight Oleksandr Usyk, 36, this year in what would have been the first four-belt unification in heavyweight history.
Now Usyk defends his unified titles on August 26 against mandatory challenger Daniel Dubois, 25, in Poland.
Meanwhile Anthony Joshua, 33, returns in a rematch on August 12 against Dillian Whyte, 35.
And a super-fight with Wilder is lined up for December in Saudi Arabia, leaving Fury frozen out of the picture.
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So the Gypsy King turned his attention to Ngannou, who paved the way for a boxing switch after leaving the UFC.
Wilder is waiting out to fight AJ in the Middle East but sent an offer out to Ruiz, 33, for a bout to return in first.
But the American has accused his rival of turning down their deals.
Scott added: “They’re refusing offers, they’re out-pricing themselves. That’s them saying they don’t want the fight.
Team Wilder going to move on to bigger and better things anyway, to look for the biggest fight possible for Deontay, and we know what we have set up for December, but before that I want Deontay to fight again.”