Fans are saying Tyson Fury has been hit by 'karma' after an old clip of him speaking about Oleksandr Usyk resurfaced.
On Saturday night, Fury fell to his second defeat in a row as he was beaten by Usyk inside the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The 37-year-old Ukrainian came away as the winner after scoring a unanimous decision victory.
Judges Gerardo Martinez, Patrick Morley and Ignacio Robles scored the bout 116-112 in favour of the Ukrainian.
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After the fight, an old video clip of Fury 'refusing' to fight Usyk resurfaced.
The Brit was filmed saying: "He's a small cruiserweight. A foreigner, don't speak good English and nobody's really interested. Anyway, he's not setting anything alight.
"I want the big fights that people are interested in. And that ain't one of them. It still wouldn't be a big fight. He's still a foreigner in a westernised world."
Fury continued: "The belts are back in the west and they're going to stay there. Whatever it sounds like, the heavyweight champion should be from Britain or America, nowhere else.
"Because maybe in Ukraine he might be a big star but Britain or America aren't interested in some Ukrainian, and that's the way it is. The heavyweight champion of the world needs to be in the west. That's how it goes." You can watch the footage below.
However, those words have aged very badly as Usyk has since dominated the cruiserweight division, moved up to heavyweight and beaten Fury twice.
Reacting on social media, one fan said: "Karma is a great thing."
Another tweeted: "Deserves everything that’s happened since."
A third fan added: "Aged like milk."
Someone else wrote: "Oh how that Foreigner beat him 2x."
A fifth commented: "He knew Usyk was too good for him."
It remains to be seen whether we will see Fury return inside the ring after the 36-year-old dropped a cryptic nine-word response when asked about his future.
Topics: Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk, Fan Reactions, Boxing, Boxing News, Heavyweight Boxing
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