Tyson Fury causes huge controversy with statement at UFC Freedom 250 White House event
Tyson Fury made a surprise appearance at tonight’s UFC Freedom 250 event as he teased a ‘massive announcement’ about his future.
The British boxer arrived at the event wearing a cap emblazoned with the message: ‘Donald Trump for Prime Minister’ and a typically attention-grabbing suit.
Fury hadn’t been in the US since October 2021, due to a travel ban, but that clearly seems to have since been lifted.
Speaking after he walked out Fury said: “It's been a long time and boy oh boy am I happy to be here at this historic event, freedom at the White House and Donald Trump's birthday."
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He also teased that White had some ‘big news’ about his future - suggesting that he could be about to make a controversial signing to White, but opted to remain tight-lipped for now.
"I think I'm going to let Dana do the speaking, let him do his announcement but it's a massive, massive announcement,” he said.
When quizzed about his eagerly-anticipated bout with fellow Brit boxer Anthony Joshua, which is pencilled in for November, Fury said: "I'm very, very excited for this fight it's been over a decade in the making and for whatever reason it hasn't happened before so let's hope it happens right now, very soon."
It was an exciting night at the White House, with Ciryl Gane beating Alex Pereira in round two to reclaim the interim heavyweight title.
Elsewhere, we saw Sean O'Malley knocking out Aiemann Zahabi in the second round, Josh Hokit defeating Derrick Lewis by TKO also in the second round, and Mauricio Ruffy finishing Michael Chandler before dramatically proposing to his partner from inside the Octagon (she said, ‘yes’, in case you were wondering).
Aside from the fighting, Fury's surprise appearance after the second fight of the night, got fans talking.
Fury flew into the event after being in Manchester at the weekend to throw his support behind brother Tommy in his bout against Eddie Hall.
The 27-year-old secured a victory on points against the former world’s strongest man, and also used the event to sweetly announce the name of his new son.
Topics: Tyson Fury, Dana White, UFC
Claire Reid