Tyson Fury gives strict deadline to make fight with Usyk: “Let the game begin”
Tyson Fury has given a seven-day deadline to do the fight with Oleksandr Usyk.
The WBC Heavyweight Champion has a deadline of August 26 – Friday – to confirm his next moveafter announcing his retirement earlier this month, before the sanctioning agency will review the status of the green and yellow belt and possibly leave it vacant.
But Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs), who accepted the challenge of unified world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk for the potential £500m showdown for all belts in the division, it has been stated that suitors for the fight only have one week, until September 1, to secure funds to perform the challenge.
Usyk held onto the WBA Super, IBF, IBO and WBO belts last weekend at the Jeddah Superdome in Saudi Arabia, beating Fury’s colleague Brit Anthony Joshua by unanimous decision. before calling the name ‘King Gypsy’.
Fury is on Instagram to give deadlines:
“To all the suitors out there who want to make war, I’m giving you all seven days, until September 1, to give the money; if not, thank you very much, it was a blast and i retired. “
Tyson Fury says he will remain retired unless an overseas site offering to fund his fight with Oleksandr Usyk is confirmed within the next seven days…
[🎥 @Tyson_Fury] pic.twitter.com/kIZ99Ga0hb
– Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) August 24, 2022
This need appeared just 24 hours later Fury broke his silence during his fight with the ‘Ukrainian judge’ who he vowed to relieve.
Saudi Arabia is leading the race to host what will be its first undisputed heavyweight world champion since Lennox Lewis in 1999, but even the oil-rich nation will struggle to keep up. meet Fury’s exorbitant demands.
Fury has long claimed that half a billion pounds is enough to wage a fight with Usyk.
“The biggest war in the world has to be the biggest money fight in the world.
“If I put [it] all online compared to some unknown expats, guys better take that half a billion dollars. “
Tyson Fury speaks out with negotiations underway for his undisputed fight with Oleksandr Usyk… pic.twitter.com/q9OQTUo46O
– Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) August 23, 2022
Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) became the undisputed cruiser class champion, wiping out the 200-pound class before moving to heavyweight three years ago.
Fury added:
“If not, keep the small cup. If it’s AJ [Fury’s fellow Brit Anthony Joshua]it would be free but it’s not. “
The head of Top Rank, Bob Arum, who looks after Fury’s US affairs, revealed after Usyk’s second win over Joshua that talking to the stage he calls “the biggest heavyweight fight since .” [Muhammad] Ali vs. [Joe] Frazier”was well underwaywith December 17 set to be the day of the fascinating outdoor clash in the Saudi capital Riyadh, on the eve of the FIFA World Cup final in neighboring Qatar.
Meanwhile, Frank Warren, Fury’s UK promoter, insisted earlier this week that the fight would be done.