Liam O’Pray pleaded not guilty to the murder of Rico Burton, cousin of heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury. Burton was stabbed near a bar in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, on 21 August. The man has denied murdering Burton.
The man denies murdering of Tyson Fury’s cousin
He also denied the wounding with intent of a 17-year-old boy, who was critically injured during the incident. But the 21-year-old admitted possession of a knife and possession of cocaine at a hearing at Manchester Crown Court. He was remanded in custody and is due to go on trial on 6 February.
Following Mr Burton’s death, Fury paid tribute to him on social media, adding:
“Life is very precious and it can be taken away very quick.”
Tyson Fury is currently gearing up for his next fight
Tyson Fury is prepping up for a third fight against Derek Chisora before the end of the year, and during a media press event Fury made it clear that he’s no longer interested in any proposed fight against Anthony Joshua from here on out. Fury explained that he’s wasted enough time dealing with Joshua and Matchroom after giving them a golden opportunity to regain a world title following his consecutive losses to Oleksandr Usyk, but now that ship has sailed and Joshua will never be presented another opportunity to face him inside the ring:
“He doesn’t have any belts. He doesn’t have anything that I need and there will not be a fight between me and him ever. Full stop. There’s too much messing. I’m not going over it again. They’re too hard to deal with.”
Fury went on to insist that Joshua’s team realized very early on that they didn’t want fight and deliberately slow-rolled negotiations to the point of collapse, all in an effort to publicly save face by feigning their interest in making it happen. Fury, openly calls out Joshua for being more of a businessman than a Spartan like himself and doesn’t want to fight him:
“No Joshua, no more, no more wasting time. The way he is, he’s in a comfortable position and he’s worked hard for it. I’m not going to discredit his performances or discredit his achievements. What I can discredit is his lack of commitment to the British public.”
