World champion in the first heavyweight version of the WBO and WBC Alexander Usik commented on a possible fight with Russian Murat Gassiev.

According to the Ukrainian, he does not care where to hold the battle. In addition, Usik mentioned and rumors that he is afraid to go into the ring.

"I like a boxer no matter where to box. I'm waiting for the team where I can go. From the point of view of sporting ethics, it would be fair to fight in a neutral territory. Let them assign a place, and I with the team are ready to go wherever they say, because we are training, we are preparing for July 21, and I do not want this work to be wasted.

I need the WBA and IBF champion belts, I need the Mohammed Ali Cup, which means I need a fight with Murat, because no one else has belts that are missing for my collection, and only in battle with him I can win the Cup.

Today I got some strange information: here, they say, you are afraid of something.

Everyone is ready to sign all the documents, but you and your company do not want to do this. Well, of course. The sweetest thing is to blame the crash in lawlessness, "said Usik.

Recall that the battle of Usik-Gassiev from the very beginning was to take place on May 11 in Saudi Arabia, but the meeting had to be canceled. All because of a Ukrainian trauma.

On May 24, 2018, the parties held a meeting, on which they failed to agree. The new date of the finals is called July 22, but the place of the battle is still in question.