It will be interesting to see how Usyk's plan plays out and if he can achieve his goals before retiring. It will be a great way to end his career and cement his legacy as one of the greatest boxers of all time.
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It will be interesting to see how Usyk's plan plays out and if he can achieve his goals before retiring. It will be a great way to end his career and cement his legacy as one of the greatest boxers of all time.
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Oleksandr Usyk has declared that the undisputed heavyweight title fight with Tyson Fury must be made.
"I need this fight and that's it. I think he needs it too. This fight is very important for both of us," Usyk told The Overlap.
"All four belts haven't been held by one person," Usyk said, pointing out it has been two decades since the heavyweight division had an undisputed champion.
"So both of us need this fight."
He does expect Fury to be even more of a challenge than Joshua. "Yes of course, he has a different style," Usyk said. "Fury is more audacious."
"I'm not afraid of Tyson Fury," the Ukrainian declared. "This will be like any other fight. It's just a big man who has never lost before against a man who has the WBC belt.
"Of course it's possible to get carried away but actually this is a normal fight for the right to win all the belts.
"If a person is bigger than me, it doesn't mean they're stronger than me. If they have longer arms, it doesn't mean that it will be an advantage.
"I've been boxing since I was 15 years old. They kept telling me that I shouldn't be boxing. They told me that I wouldn't become an Olympic champion or a world champion and that I shouldn't have switched to the heavyweight division.
"But these were opinions from people who couldn't do it themselves. Personally I keep praying and move forward. I don't worry about whether I will reach my destination.
"It's like a samurai. He doesn't have an aim, he has his path. I have my path too."
He is inspired by his country's fight to resist the Russian invasion. He served in the Ukrainian defence force at the beginning of the all-out war last year and now represents Ukraine through his sport.
"I'm boxing for everyone who is defending our country right now and in the memory of those warriors who are no longer with us," he said.
"Also for all those who want to be free and who stood for their country against those who came to conquer us."
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/boxi...c2332b75&ei=99
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Frank Warren told talkSPORT: "We're still none the wiser.
"You need the agreement of both boxers to make it happen and at the moment we haven't got that."
Warren admits the purse split is a major sticking point over the first undisputed title fight in over a quarter of a century.
He said: “I have a pot and out of that pot I can only pay what’s in it.
"And if it’s not enough money the fight won’t happen, at the end of the day we’re running a business."
But he insists he's doing everything in his power to get the fight over the line, adding: “We’re working hard to make it happen.
“And, with the greatest respect, I didn’t ring talkSPORT to do an interview about it, you rang me.
“So, out of courtesy I’m telling you where we are, but I’m not going to be conducting negotiations at the moment they’re confidential between the two parties.
“But, I would say it’s not going to go past the end of this week that’s for sure because the proposed date is April 29."
He continued: "No one wants to see this fight more than me, no one has ever promoted the four belts, it’s never happened.
"So it’s history-making.
"I want it, but I can’t force people into a situation unless they’re comfortable.”
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21623...-fight-update/
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tyson v oleksandr isn't happening next is it?
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Does not look like it will happen and I have to blame Tyson Fury.Originally Posted by TIC
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Really is quite clear, one man wants the fight and one man does not. Literally ALL the cards on the table to be decided for heavyweight legacy to be had...but we sit there and watch Fury and Wilder tickle each other's low hanging fruit in Dubai. It's embarrassing.
They're doing 4...aren't they.
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Well usyk is making the outrageous demand of wanting a 50/50 split..... Actually you might be right...Does not look like it will happen and I have to blame Tyson Fury.
Not many like Wladimir but he gave sultan and Haye 50/50 splits to get titles unified, these guys could learn from him
Wait Wilder fury four isn't happening is it...might as well do fury Chisora four too :S
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