Joseph Parker believes the current rumours about Tyson Fury are 'really bad' as the Briton prepares for his blockbuster showdown with Oleksandr Usyk.
The fight between the two men had been due to take place this Saturday - but was delayed earlier this month after Fury sustained a gruesome eye injury in sparring.
Since then, some have speculated over the cut - with Carl Froch among them.
Conspiracy theorists have suggested the timing was iffy and that Fury is currently running scared of Usyk, something the Gypsy King and his team strongly deny.
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And Parker, speaking to iFL TV, believes people online are saying 'really bad' things about Fury and thinks there's nothing to substantiate the claims.
“I don’t think that you can escape seeing the opinions and the comments," he said.
"A lot of people are talking real bad about him [Fury] and saying that it is a fake cut and that he made it happen.
“Everyone has an idea, everyone has an opinion, everyone wants to say this and say that and think that they know what is happening but that is boxing.
"These things happen and it is a freak accident.
“It is good that they have postponed the fight and not given the fight to anyone else because we do want to see that fight happen.
“I know that it will happen, there are things in place now where if someone pulls out of the fight there is something that they have to deal with so it will happen, May 18th.”
The fight between Fury and Usyk has the makings of a classic.
Both men are undefeated in their respective careers, meaning something will most likely have to give when they face off in May.
Usyk's manager, Egis Klimas, recently dubbed Fury a 'coward' amid speculation over his eye injury.
But Frank Warren, Fury's promoter, hit back at Klimas earlier in the week, setting the record straight on Fury in the process.
"This is the fella that went to Germany to fight [Klitschko] for the world title and beat him," he told talkSPORT.
"This is the guy that went out [to America] to fight a guy that was undefeated in Deontay Wilder - six years reigning as heavyweight champion.
"The hardest punching heavyweight recorded and went out not once, but fought three times out there.
"Do me a favour, it's pathetic, and professional fighters should know better."
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And Warren also expressed a belief Fury would beat Usyk because he's the 'best heavyweight' in the world.
"I do think that he will beat him, I think Tyson is the best heavyweight on the planet," he said.
"His last fight against [Francis] Ngannou, he wasn't at his best, but he came through and won the fight."
On the cut, he continued: "He will be ready for that, and it'll take its course and it'll heal.
"It's nothing unusual in boxing for fights to be postponed.
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"In sparring, you're actually punching each other, so you will pick up injuries, it's unfortunate it happened with Tyson."
