{"id":294565,"date":"2023-10-28T09:25:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T09:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=294565"},"modified":"2023-10-28T09:25:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T09:25:02","slug":"tyson-fury-tells-cristiano-ronaldo-he-is-greatest-footballer-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/boxing\/tyson-fury-tells-cristiano-ronaldo-he-is-greatest-footballer-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury tells Cristiano Ronaldo he is &apos;greatest footballer ever&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Tyson Fury tells Cristiano Ronaldo he&#8217;s &#8216;the greatest footballer that has ever lived&#8217; &#8211; snubbing Lionel Messi &#8211; as they embrace at Champions Gala in Riyadh ahead of &#8216;Battle of the Baddest&#8217; with Francis Ngannou<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Inside Tyson&#8217;s wild family: From tough-as-nails mother to Love Island brother<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>WEIGH-IN RECAP: Fury nine pounds heavier for his fight with Ngannou\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>LISTEN: Exclusive Tyson Fury interview on THE HOOK &#8211; our new boxing podcast\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tyson Fury has hailed Cristiano Ronaldo as the &#8216;greatest\u00a0footballer that has ever lived&#8217; at a Champions Gala in Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p>The Gypsy King is all set to take on Francis Ngannou in the &#8216;Battle of the Baddest&#8217; tonight in Saudi Arabia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But before he takes to battle, a VIP event with some of the biggest sporting stars in the world took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>Among the guests was former Real Madrid and Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the five-time Ballon D&#8217;Or winner on a sofa, Fury said: &#8216;Cristiano you are the greatest footballer that has ever lived, and I mean that.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/28\/09\/77110191-12682565-image-m-15_1698481621246.jpg\" height=\"648\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tyson Fury and Cristiano Ronaldo sit down to chat at a Champions Gala event in Riyadh<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/28\/09\/77110189-12682565-image-m-16_1698481632891.jpg\" height=\"621\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Gypsy King snubbed Messi to tell Ronaldo he thought he was the &#8216;greatest footballer ever&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I am a big fan. I watched you at United the first time, the second time and all your time at Real Madrid.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>It appears the heavyweight champion of the world is not too big a fan of Lionel Messi.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also in attendance at the Champions Gala was the entire Fury family,\u00a0<span>Manny Pacquiao, Mike Tyson, Israel Adesanya, Chuck Liddell, Lenox Lewis, Oscar de la Hoya and Oleksandr Usyk.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since Ronaldo&#8217;s \u00a3172million two year move to Al Nassr, he has had ample opportunity to attend high-profile fighting events which have been staged in Saudi Arabia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Discussing the upcoming fight, Fury told the media: &#8216;It&#8217;s like a table tennis champion facing Djokovic in the Wimbledon final, totally different.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, Fury and\u00a0<span>Usyk came face-to-face in Saudi Arabia after they\u00a0<\/span>signed a contract last month for an undisputed world heavyweight title battle later this year, with the bout to take place in Riyadh on December 23.<\/p>\n<p>The pair have regularly traded various insults in recent times &#8211; which included Fury labelling Usyk a &#8216;sausage&#8217; &#8211; before they bumped into each other after walking a red carpet of boxing royalty ahead of a gala dinner on the eve of Fury-Ngannou.<\/p>\n<p>And the pair shared an unexpected embrace, before the Ukrainian lifted up his rival champion.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12682565\/Tyson-Fury-tells-Cristiano-Ronaldo-hes-greatest-footballer-lived-snubbing-Lionel-Messi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyson Fury tells Cristiano Ronaldo he&#8217;s &#8216;the greatest footballer that has ever lived&#8217; &#8211; snubbing Lionel Messi &#8211; as they embrace at Champions Gala in Riyadh ahead of &#8216;Battle of the Baddest&#8217; 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