BREAKING: Tyson Fury makes public offer to Oleksandr Usyk to accept new purse or fight alternative
Initial plans to host Fury vs Usyk in Saudi Arabia for a hefty site fee were advanced, but ultimately fell through due to logistical issues with the venue.
This came as a massive blow to talks as the organisers then had to instead turn their attentions to staging the fight in the UK instead – which would bring in significantly less money. April 29 at Wembley Stadium was confirmed as the target, but negotiations have been complicated with the Saudi money now off the table.It appears neither fighter is overjoyed to accept that they must reduce their expectations for their purses for this fight.
Usyk’s promoter Alex Krassyuk has been adamant that a 50/50 split is fair, but said they would be willing to be ‘flexible’ and proposed a
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