Usyk says he'll take 30% to fight Fury on April 29th

By Scott Shaffer

11/03/2023

Usyk says he'll take 30% to fight Fury on April 29th

UPDATE: Three-belt champion Oleksandr Usyk said in an IFL video that he will take the short end of a purse split to unify the world heavyweight championship with Tyson Fury: "I accept your offer. 70/30 split. We'll do it April 29th in Wembley (London). But you will promise to donate to the Ukraine one million pounds immediately after the fight... and every day, if you delay, you will pay one percent from your purse to the Ukrainian people... Deal!"

Earlier in the day, negotiations for a proposed world heavyweight unification bout between three-belt champion Oleksandr Usyk and more popular WBC champion Tyson Fury wnet public and Fury disclosed his negotiating stance in an IFL video posted on Youtube today. Fury said, "I see all this talk of boxing fights they want 50 percent, Usyk’s all this and Tyson's being greedy. But where I'm standing, Usyk, you and your team are worth 30 percent. You either take it or you leave it. And if you don't want it, go fight [WBA interim champion] Daniel Dubois at the Copper Box and get a few million dollars. [But if] you want to make some real money, come and fight the Gypsy King. But I will say, for every day from today that you linger or mess around, I'm going toa deduct one percent from the 30 percent, so every day, I'm going to deduct one percent until you take it. And if you don't take it, fight Dubois for two million dollars, not a problem. But how in the world could youse ever offer me a deal? Not possible… tick tock, tick tock."