{"id":295309,"date":"2023-10-29T08:31:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T08:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=295309"},"modified":"2023-10-29T08:31:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T08:31:32","slug":"billy-joe-saunders-says-tyson-fury-has-too-many-yes-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/boxing\/billy-joe-saunders-says-tyson-fury-has-too-many-yes-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Joe Saunders says Tyson Fury &apos;has too many &apos;yes men&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Billy Joe Saunders says Tyson Fury &#8216;has too many &#8216;yes men&#8217; in his camp&#8217; and wasn&#8217;t fully focused in split decision win over boxing newcomer Francis Ngannou<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fury defeated ex-MMA fighter Ngannou by split decision in Saudi Arabia<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Saunders suggested Fury might have been given an easy time by his corner<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>LISTEN: Exclusive Tyson Fury interview on THE HOOK &#8211; our new boxing podcast\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Billy Joe Saunders has suggested Tyson Fury has &#8216;too many yes men&#8217; in his entourage after the Gypsy King scraped a win over ex-UFC fighter Francis Ngannou.<\/p>\n<p>Fury claimed a controversial split decision victory over Ngannou, in his first official boxing match, in Riyadh on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>But not before Ngannou sent him to the canvas in the third round and made him go the distance.<\/p>\n<p>One judge scored the contest 95-94 in favour of Ngannou, while the other two handed it to Fury 96-93 and 95-94.<\/p>\n<p>But double world champion Saunders was far from impressed by Fury&#8217;s performance just a couple of months out from his heavyweight showdown with Oleksandr Usyk.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/06\/77128027-12684983-Tyson_Fury_defeated_Francis_Ngannou_by_a_narrow_split_decision_o-a-16_1698562294874.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tyson Fury defeated Francis Ngannou by a narrow split decision on Saturday night\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/06\/77128811-12684983-Francis_Ngannou_sent_Tyson_Fury_to_the_canvas_with_a_thunderous_-a-17_1698562300837.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Francis Ngannou sent Tyson Fury to the canvas with a thunderous left hook in round three<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/06\/77135219-12684983-image-a-18_1698562308060.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Billy Joe Saunders wasn&#8217;t too impressed by Fury&#8217;s performance in Saturday night&#8217;s showdown<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/06\/77135245-12684983-In_an_Instagram_post_Saunders_suggested_Fury_has_too_many_yes_me-a-21_1698562372582.jpg\" height=\"611\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In an Instagram post, Saunders suggested Fury has &#8216;too many yes men&#8217; in his entourage<\/p>\n<p>Writing on Instagram, Saunders said: &#8216;Too many yes men in camp, not switched on from [the] word go.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But he [will] be switched on for the Ukrainian.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Usyk was watching ringside and his post-fight comments suggested he wasn&#8217;t quite sure how to read Fury&#8217;s performance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I had an impression that he was playing. I&#8217;m not thinking about [whether he was playing possum] but I will be training 100 percent,&#8217; the Ukrainian told Fight Hub TV.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But listen, it&#8217;s boxing. Maybe it was the element of surprise. Maybe. I think it was [a] show.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether it made him feel more confident ahead of the pre-Christmas bout, Usyk said: &#8216;I don&#8217;t know, I have no idea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Listen, [Ngannou] is a world champion at MMA, that was a hard punch. Then there&#8217;s the element of surprise. Maybe Tyson Fury didn&#8217;t take it serious, &#8216;Oh it&#8217;s an MMA fighter blah blah blah&#8217;. I don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n<p>Of course I was surprised [by the knockdown]. I watched the knockdown and I said, \u201cOh, oh, oh Francis! Be careful please!\u201d I was saying, \u201cTyson! Jab, jab jab, move, jab!\u201d I was saying that.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/06\/77135151-12684983-image-a-22_1698562385442.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fury&#8217;s next opponent Oleksandr Usyk wasn&#8217;t quite sure what to make of Fury&#8217;s performance<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12684983\/Billy-Joe-Saunders-says-Tyson-Fury-yes-men-camp-wasnt-fully-focused-split-decision-win-boxing-newcomer-Francis-Ngannou.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billy Joe Saunders says Tyson Fury &#8216;has too many &#8216;yes men&#8217; in his camp&#8217; and wasn&#8217;t fully focused in split decision win over boxing newcomer Francis Ngannou Fury defeated ex-MMA fighter Ngannou by split decision in Saudi Arabia Saunders suggested Fury might have been given an easy time by his corner LISTEN: Exclusive Tyson Fury&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Billy Joe Saunders says Tyson Fury &amp;apos;has too many &amp;apos;yes men&amp;apos; 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