Tyson Fury vs. Tom Schwarz Media Conference Call Highlights
Tyson Fury and Tom Schwarz had plenty to talk about in a recent media conference call.
The two heavyweights, who are facing each other in the main event of the June 15 Top Rank on ESPN+ card from Las Vegas, participated in a media call to discuss a number of topics regarding their fight. The two fighters talked about each other, the idea that Andy Ruiz’s upset win over Anthony Joshua could fuel Schwarz, the underdog, and try to do the same against Fury and retirement, albeit in a joking manner. Bob Arum joined in the call to answer a few questions as well.
Below are conference call highlights compiled in a Twitter thread by Fightful’s Carlos Toro, who participated in the call.
Currently on the #FurySchwarz media call, set to start any minute now. Fury vs. Schwarz will take place on June 15 and be streamed on ESPN+ in the United States.
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) June 10, 2019
Tom Schwarz on the call now answering questions. #FurySchwarz
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) June 10, 2019
Tom Schwarz said he started boxing around the age of 9 or 10 and always wanted to be a pro fighter. #FurySchwarz
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) June 10, 2019
Tom Schwarz jokes that if he beats Tyson Fury, he’ll retire because it can’t get any better than beating the best heavyweight in the world #FurySchwarz
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) June 10, 2019
On getting motivation from Andy Ruiz Jr. beating Anthony Joshua, Tom Schwarz said it is great motivation for anybody because if they believe in themselves, they can beat the best boxers in the world #FurySchwarz
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) June 10, 2019
Tom Schwarz said he’s seen a lot of Tyson Fury fights in preparation for his fight against Fury on June 15. #FurySchwarz
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) June 10, 2019
Tom Schwarz portion of the call ends and the Tyson Fury portion will begin momentarily #FurySchwarz
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) June 10, 2019
Bob Arum here on the #FurySchwarz call answering questions. Arum said that he looked at the organizational rankings and saw Schwarz being ranked highly. Arum said he felt like he was the best opponent for Fury for this fight.
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) June 10, 2019
Bob Arum also said he wanted a big heavyweight to fight Tyson Fury and that Tom Schwarz fits the bill. Arum added that the endgame was for Fury to fight Wilder and facing a small heavyweight wouldn’t help Fury prepare for that #FurySchwarz
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) June 10, 2019
Bob Arum said Tyson Fury is not looking past Tom Schwarz for a big heavyweight rematch against Deontay Wilder in early 2020 #FurySchwarz
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) June 10, 2019
Bob Arum said he’s not sure if Tom Schwarz beating Tyson Fury would be a bigger shock than Andy Ruiz Jr. beating Anthony Joshua #FurySchwarz
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) June 10, 2019
Bob Arum said there is a rematch clause for #FurySchwarz if Tom Schwarz pulls off the upset win over Tyson Fury on June 15
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) June 10, 2019
Tyson Fury has now joined the #FurySchwarz call.
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) June 10, 2019
Tyson Fury said everything he knows about Tom Schwarz is that he’ll smash his jaw, break his ribs, give him a black eye. Fury hasn’t seen much, or even nothing, of Schwarz #FurySchwarz
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) June 10, 2019
Tyson Fury said this is a big fight in the UK and Europe and in the US. Bob Arum said he guarantees more people will subscribe to ESPN+ than they bought the Wilder vs. Fury PPV last year. Arum believes at least 500,000 new ESPN+ subscribers for #FurySchwarz
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) June 10, 2019
Tyson Fury was asked if this will be just the next German in his last few fights that he will have beaten if he defeats Tom Schwarz. Fury simply said “That’s a stupid question” #FurySchwarz
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) June 10, 2019
Tyson Fury doesn’t believe Anthony Joshua underestimated Andy Ruiz Jr. in the last week. #FurySchwarz
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) June 10, 2019
Tyson Fury said he ranks himself at the bottom when it comes to every lineal world heavyweight champion in history. #FurySchwarz
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) June 10, 2019
Tyson Fury was asked about whether staying unbeaten is important for him and Fury said that was a stupid question and proceeds to chastise the reporter who asked it #FurySchwarz
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) June 10, 2019
Bob Arum said he feels there is some competition with UFC even though both UFC and Top Rank are with ESPN and believes #FurySchwarz will attract more subscribers than UFC’s inaugural event on ESPN+
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) June 10, 2019
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