{"id":796978,"date":"2026-07-13T06:21:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T06:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/796978\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T06:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T06:21:14","slug":"simon-jordan-mocks-tyson-furys-147-year-old-opponent-ahead-of-comeback-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/796978\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Jordan Mocks Tyson Fury’s ‘147-Year-Old’ Opponent Ahead Of Comeback Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simon Jordan ridiculed Tyson Fury\u2019s upcoming comeback fight by sarcastically describing his opponent, Mariusz Wach, as \u201c147 years old\u201d before dismissing the matchup as another one-sided showcase.<\/p>\n

Jordan reacted to the announcement that Fury will face the 46-year-old Polish veteran on July 24 in Pattaya, Thailand, just one day before Anthony Joshua returns to the ring.<\/p>\n

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\u201cListen, drum roll. After the show last week, we got the revelatory news that Tyson Fury is going to be fighting 147-year-old Mariusz Wach, a fellow that\u2019s been beaten by everybody,\u201d Jordan said to talkSPORTBoxing.<\/p>\n

Simon continued the criticism by questioning both the opponent and the event itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not on television, which, by the way, it probably couldn\u2019t be because it\u2019d have to have it under the Trade Descriptions Act posing as a fight,\u201d Jordan said.<\/p>\n

Former world champion Johnny Nelson acknowledged Fury was always going to receive criticism for choosing Wach but argued the contest is simply a tune-up before the proposed Anthony Joshua fight later this year. Jordan wasn\u2019t convinced.<\/p>\n

After the panel noted that Wach has won only three of his last 10 fights and was knocked out in two rounds by Moses Itauma, Jordan branded the matchup \u201ca gimme\u201d and \u201ca gimmick,\u201d adding that it looked more like \u201ca sparring session\u201d than a meaningful heavyweight contest.<\/p>\n

Simon also took aim at the explanation that Fury is donating the proceeds to a Thai orphanage, sarcastically asking why the money could not have gone to an orphanage in England instead.<\/p>\n

Fury\u2019s bout with Wach is expected to serve as his final outing before a long-discussed clash with Joshua. But if Jordan\u2019s reaction is any indication, many fans see the choice of opponent as the biggest story, not the fight itself.<\/p>\n

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Olly Campbell is a boxing journalist who has covered the sport since 2014, providing ringside reporting and technical analysis of major bouts. His work focuses on fighter tendencies, tactical adjustments, and the details that shape high-level competition.<\/p>\n

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