Tyson Fury Not Worried About Crown Jewel Match Affecting Next Boxing Match

Tyson Fury is set to face Braun Strowman at WWE Crown Jewel, and he isn’t concerned about it having any effect on his rematch with Deontay Wilder. Fury spoke with DAZN about the match and fight, and addressed concerns that the cut he suffered against Otto Wallin could open during Crown Jewel and thus put the February 2020 boxing rematch in jeopardy.

“Apparently my promoter, my trainer, my manager, my family and everybody at home has been saying ‘Don’t take this fight because that guy is going to rip that cut open!’” Fury told DAZN. “But I’m quite quick and it’s really up to me to not allow him to rip that cut open. It’s worrying moments for the Wilder rematch, but I’m living in the moment.”

Discussing when the WWE match came about behind the scenes, Fury said, “This deal came together just recently. My people have been working behind the scene on it for the past few months but my involvement came over the past couple of weeks … I always wanted to get involved with WWE for a number of years but because of my boxing career, I wasn’t able to,” he said. “The opportunity arose recently, and I took a hold of it with both hands.”

WWE Crown Jewel goes down on October 31st from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and airs live on WWE Network.