{"id":412262,"date":"2023-02-11T05:49:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T10:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=412262"},"modified":"2023-02-11T05:50:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T10:50:34","slug":"fury-vs-usyk-fight-could-face-further-delay","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/fury-vs-usyk-fight-could-face-further-delay\/","title":{"rendered":"Fury vs Usyk fight could face further delay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Britain&#8217;s Tyson Fury&#8217;s cousin and coach Andy Lee fears that the WBC heavyweight champion&#8217;s undisputed title clash with Oleksandr Usyk may not happen &#8220;any time soon&#8221; after a number of delays to the fight date, Daily Mail reported on Saturday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tyson Fury&#39;s undisputed title fight with Oleksandr Usyk branded &quot;too good to be true&quot; | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaghCorby_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@DonaghCorby_<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MB5CEqGeTx\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/MB5CEqGeTx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mirror Fighting (@MirrorFighting) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MirrorFighting\/status\/1624354196102254592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fury and Usyk had discussed a potential February meeting after the Brit&#8217;s win over Derek Chisora in December, but that has been pushed back on numerous occasions with April 29 now looking like the favored date.<\/p>\n<p>However, even that has yet to be formally announced, and Lee believes the bout may be &#8220;too good to be true&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I haven&#8217;t seen a lot of Tyson recently,&#8221; Lee told\u00a0Mirror Fighting in an exclusive chat at the launch event for Jason Quigley&#8217;s April 1 bout with Kim Poulsen in Dublin.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were together all the time when Joseph Parker fought [last month]. 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