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    Tyson Fury declines the chance to fight Oleksandr Usyk

    Emma TeeBy No Comments2 Mins Read

    • ‘Maybe he is not ready yet’ – Tyson Fury turns down offer for Oleksandr Usyk fight.

    Tyson Fury declines the chance to fight Oleksandr Usyk
    Tyson Fury declines the chance to fight Oleksandr Usyk

    According to Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter, Tyson Fury has declined an offer of a 60-40 split in favor of the winner for an undisputed matchup with the Ukrainian.

    IBF, WBO and WBA champion Usyk and WBC champion have been in talks for a historic fight to crown the heavyweight division’s first undisputed champion since Lennox Lewis.

    The bout is expected to take place on April 29 at Wembley Stadium, but Fury’s co-promoter Frank Warren said this week that no agreement has yet been reached and that they are “none the wiser” as to whether it will happen.

    Warren also disclosed that if they want to move forward with that 29 April date, there is a deadline set for the end of the week.

    The winner would have received a 60% split of the bout fee, according to Usyk’s promoter Alexander Krassyuk, but that offer was turned down.

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    ‘We initially agreed for 50/50. But then Tyson was asking for some bigger money,’ Krassyuk told talkSPORT.

    ‘So we made it clear that we are ready to go 60/40, but the winner takes 60. That was our latest offer.

    Asked if Fury turned that down, Krassyuk replied: ‘Yes, exactly.’

    Despite the prolonged negotiations, Krassyuk still believes Fury wants the fight but suggested he may not be ‘ready mentally’ for it to take place in April.

    ‘I am experienced and I’ve been here for a while,’ Krassyuk continued.

    ‘Normally when a fighter does not want to take a fight, he asks for something impossible so it doesn’t take place. On the other side, I’m really optimistic.

    ‘Maybe Tyson is not ready yet. Maybe he’s is not ready mentally, maybe he’s not ready physically, whatever, I don’t know and we don’t really care.

    ‘We want to make it happen. If he doesn’t want it, we can’t make him want it. So what can I say? The fight should happen someday.’