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Tyson Fury goes off on Joe Rogan after podcaster's comments

By Jason Clinkscales | Last updated 5/18/23

Tyson Fury hopped onto Instagram to respond to Joe Rogan's comments about a hypothetical fight between the WBC and linear heavyweight champion of the boxing world and UFC's heavyweight king Jon Jones.

In this very NSFW clip shared by talkSPORT boxing editor Michael Benson (heavy warning for inappropriate language) Fury lives up to his surname, with a barrage of insults towards the podcaster and UFC commentator.

Often in times of inaction between bouts, Fury has either teased retirement, teased another WWE match or fights with MMA stars such as Francis Ngannou, who made waves of his own due to his new agreement with the Professional Fighters League. Jones isn't above the fray himself, with his continued back-and-forth with Ngannou over a heavyweight title fight that never materialized before the French fighter declared his free agency.

Jones responded to Fury on Twitter, saying that his insults of Rogan "struck a nerve" and also offering a prediction.

Hey Tyson, it seem like Joe may have struck a nerve. I’ll admit there’s no one touching you in that ring right now, but let’s not let that confuse you with what would happen if you stepped foot in my cage. If you ever want to put some of those questions you got going on to rest,…
— BONY (@JonnyBones) May 18, 2023

Fury has yet to finalize his next fight, though there remains talk about a title unification bout with boxing's other undefeated heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk or an All-Britain battle with former champ Anthony Joshua. Jones last fought in March at UFC 285 where he won the vacant heavyweight title Ngannou was stripped of by the MMA promotion.

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