Boxing fans were absolutely fuming at reports the Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk fight had collapsed.
Reports in the early hours of Wednesday said the heavyweight showdown was off as the finer points of contracts could not be agreed.
The pair had previously settled on a 70/30 split in Fury’s favour, with Usyk seemingly making big concessions in order to get the undisputed fight on.
April 29 was the target date at Wembley Stadium, but with just weeks to go nothing had been officially signed.
Further details are yet to emerge about why talks collapsed, but one of the sticking points in recent days had been over a rematch clause.
The Ukrainian’s manager blamed the Gypsy King for ‘pushing for more’.
Usyk is believed to have stopped his training camp for the fight and is now plotting his next fight. That is likely to be his WBA mandatory challenger Daniel Dubois.
Although nothing has been confirmed and no official word has come from Fury’s team, fans were still furious with the news.
One wrote: “Fury is scared simple as that.”
Another added: “Seems like Fury didn’t wanna fight AJ or Usyk, always problems when it comes to these fights.”
One said: Same Fury that retired instead of taking Wlad rematch. Scuppered AJ fight and now has done the same with Usyk.
“Usyk/AJ was made twice no problems at all. Fury fought Chisora three times! He has faced two top fighters his whole career! Fraud.”
Another fan wrote: “So much for Fury not being bothered the money.”
An unhappy Fury supporter added: “Always been a big Fury fan but this stinks. Looks to me as though Usyk called Fury’s bluff and Fury has continued to make unreasonable demands to get the fight cancelled. Bottle job.”
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News Summary:
- Fans fume and blame Tyson Fury as undisputed heavyweight showdown with Oleksandr Usyk called off
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