RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury will go at it again on Saturday night in Saudi Arabia. Usyk won a split decision the first time and became boxing’s first undisputed heavyweight champion in 24 years. Since then, Usyk gave up the IBF title now held by Daniel ...
Matchroom CEO, Frank Smith, has weighed in on the latest discussions between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk ahead of their proposed undisputed heavyweight title fight. All hoped for Fury-Usyk seemed lost when the Brit revealed that he would only fight Usyk if the purse split was 70-30 in his...
Progress for a meeting at Wembley Stadium on April 29 appeared to have been made on Friday, after unified WBA ’super’, WBO and IBF champion, Usyk publicly agreed to Fury’s demands of a 70-30 purse split in his favour. However, the clash was cast into fresh doubt on Monday after Us...
Usyk had agreed to Fury’s public demand of a 70-30 purse split in favour, however the fight broke down due to a disagreement on the rematch clause. WBC champion, Fury had initially called for there to be no rematch clause in the contract, but the 34-year-old changed his tune, admi...
Despite months of negotiations and numerous assurances that a legacy defining showdown between Fury and Usyk would indeed go ahead,issues regarding purse splits and potential rematch clauses proved to be too much to overcome,leaving a universal sour taste in the mouths of the boxing public across...
Image:Fury beat Francis Ngannou on a split decision in October 2023. Pic: Reuters Derek Chisora has fought - and lost to - both men. He knows what it takes to face them and counts them as friends. But even he can't call it. ...
details, including date and venue, still need to be worked out, the fight being secured by a promoter is a major step after starts and stops surrounding the possibility of a four-belt unification as well as Whyte’s camp taking issue with the planned 80/20 purse split in F...
Bob Arum, who represents Fury’s interests in America, revealed to Steve Kim what that purse split boiled down to in terms of figures “Because the middle east have a tendency to put up a lot more money than any place else, it’s normal for all kings of people – whether they’re pr...