As Tyson Fury demands his team find him an opponent, Malik Scott has suggested that he may be the problem when it comes to making fights happen.
Following the collapsed negotiations to face Oleksandr Usyk in an undisputed bout, Fury was left without a dance partner for a summer ring return.
He blamed Usyk for those failed talks but, speaking to ES News, Scott – who trains three-time Fury foe, Deontay Wilder – said that the Brit was unreliable and unpredictable.
“With Tyson Fury you can’t really count on nothing until it’s over. Not even when it’s signed. When it’s over and done with.”
When informed of the reports that Andy Ruiz Jr had then been ruled out as an opponent for Fury due to financial demands, Scott said that there was always a reason behind the champion’s fights falling through.
“It’s coming across like there’s a reason for everything. What was the reason with Usyk? Why didn’t that happen? What’s the reason with Ruiz?”
“I don’t care what the reason is, but it’s always just something.”
Saudi Arabia are looking to stage the four-belt clash between Fury and Usyk this winter – on the same card as Wilder facing Anthony Joshua if possible – but the Brit is keen for it to take place in Wembley.
What happens in the meantime is unclear. A handful of heavyweights accepted Fury’s recent fight demand, but there has been no news as to which opponent, if any, is being pursued behind the scenes.
The WBC have not acted in terms of finding Fury a title defence and ordering it to happen, so he is largely left to his own devices as to who he faces. The most recent reports suggest a bout in Australia with Demsey McKean could be on the cards.