Mandatory challenger for the IBF heavyweight belt Filip Hrgovic said that he will not interfere with the fight between WBO, WBA, IBO and IBF world champion Oleksandr Usyk and WBC title holder Tyson Fury only if he is paid a generous compensation. The Croatian boxer also expressed confidence that he is capable of defeating Usik and then fighting Fury for the “absolute” title.. " Perhaps, perhaps for some crazy amount, but it seems to me that they won’t offer it to me. I feel that I can beat Usik and fight for the title of absolute world champion. I can earn much more than this compensation. It must be a crazy amount, but I don't want any compensation. Like I said, I think I can beat Usyk. If I beat him, I can earn a lot more,” Hrgovic said in an interview with the YouTube channel iFL TV. Earlier, the Croatian's promoter Eddie Hearn named a possible date for the fight between his client and Usyk. On the night of August 27, Usyk at the Tarczynski Arena in Wroclaw, Poland, knocked out Briton Daniel Dubois in the ninth round and defended the world heavyweight champion titles according to WBO, WBA, IBO and IBF.. Now the Ukrainian wants to fight for the title of absolute world champion with Fury. If the boxing teams again fail to agree on a unification fight, then Usik’s next opponent should be Hrgovic.

36-year-old Usik has 21 wins (14 by knockout) in 21 fights. He spent five of them as a heavyweight. Before this, Alexander became the absolute world champion in cruiserweight (weight category up to 90.7 kg), having won all four of the most prestigious belts there. The 31-year-old Hrgovic’s track record includes 16 wins (13 by knockout) in 16 fights.. In his last fight, the Croatian knocked out Australian Demsey McKean in August this year and retained his status as a mandatory challenger for the IBF heavyweight title..