The promoter of the WBC heavyweight title holder Tyson Fury Frank Warren explained why it was not possible to agree on the organization of the fight of his client with the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO world champion Oleksandr Usyk.

According to him, the culprit in the breakdown of negotiations on a unification fight between Usyk and Fury is Anthony Joshua, who demanded an additional five million dollars for refusing to rematch with the Ukrainian..

" He said, " It was enough. Tyson is the champion. He doesn't owe anything to Joshua. Fury and Usyk wanted to fight, but there were two more boxers between them: one was suing the WBC (Dillian Whyte - approx.. ) and the other was asking for more and more money,"

It was previously reported that Joshua was offered ?15m (about $20m) in return for refusing an immediate rematch with Usyk, but AJ turned down the offer..

In the next fight, the Ukrainian champion should meet in a rematch with Anthony Joshua. There is no exact date for the rematch between Usyk and Joshua yet. According to the promoter of British boxer Eddie Hearn, the rematch is planned for April 2022.. They also did not decide on the place of the fight, but the idea of \u200b\u200bholding the fight in Ukraine is considered financially unprofitable.

In turn, Fury will fight his compatriot Dillian Whyte.

This has already been officially announced, the place and date of the fight will be announced later..

The 35-year-old Usyk has 19 wins (13 by knockout) in 19 fights. He held three of them in the heavyweight division.. Before that, Alexander became the absolute world champion in the cruiserweight (weight category up to 90.7 kg), having won all four of the most prestigious belts there..

The 33-year-old Fury has 31 wins (22 by knockout) and one draw. Fury defended his WBC title in October by defeating Deontay Wilder in the 11th round..