"It's just crazy": Usyk-Fury fight has angered Americans

American boxing fans were furious after the prices for the broadcast of the fight between Oleksandr Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) and Tyson Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) for the title of absolute world heavyweight champion were announced. The show will take place in Riyadh on February 17 and will traditionally be shown in the United States on pay-per-view.

Fans will have to pay $70 to watch the historic confrontation, Mirror writes. This is the price tag set by the streaming platform DAZN and the portal PPV.com, which caused outrage among Americans. They noted that the fight will take place at an inconvenient time for them, and their compatriots will not participate in it.

"Why is everything so expensive in the US? It's ridiculous. It's not even in prime time in the US, there are no Americans in the main event. It's just crazy.", "I was hoping it would be cheaper, but I'll buy it anyway. Go Usyk," "The fact that it's going to be about 20 pounds ($25) for us in the UK is just crazy," "It always amazes me that they charge twice as much as we pay in England," the publication quotes fans' comments.

2.5 weeks before the fight, an epic promo for the show called Ring of Fire was published. Prior to that, a video of the boxers' meeting appeared online, during which Tyson found a strange reason to run into the Ukrainian, and afterwards the rivals shook hands.

Fury also named one reason why he respects our champion. In addition, the details of the Gypsy King's preparation for the fight have emerged, which puzzled experts. Britain also made an extraordinary decision about the fight.

In turn, Saudi Arabia made a loud statement about the confrontation between the Ukrainian and the British on February 17. A month before the fight, Riyadh unveiled a special belt that would be awarded to the winner of the confrontation. Its appearance caused outrage among fans.

Former world champion Alexander Povetkin of Russia said he would support Usyk, calling the Ukrainian a "Russian man". This statement caused anger among fans from Russia.

As reported by OBOZ.UA, a scandalous detail of the Usyk-Fury show related to Russia also became known. Promoter Eddie Hearn wished our compatriot defeat and called Tyson a "downed pilot." And the bookmakers stopped considering the Briton the obvious favorite of the fight.

Boxing debutant Francis Ngannou (0-1, 0 KOs) shared his expectations from the grand evening of boxing. And Usyk's sparring partner told us about what happened in the Ukrainian's camp.

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