Tyson Fury has previously expressed his desire to give boxing fans the best show and unify all the championship belts when he meets Oleksandr Usik in the ring, but arranging this fight is not so easy. Initially, the two sides had agreed on a 50:50 split of the royalties, which Fury disagreed with, demanding 60:40. When Usyk’s promoter suggested that the fight was in danger of falling apart due to Fury’s financial demands, Fury publicly demanded a 70-30 split.
Usyk responded to this personally, saying that he agreed, but that Fury would have to commit to donating a million pounds after the fight to support the Ukrainian freedom struggle. It was reported that the two sides had reached an agreement and all that remained was to complete the formalities, Fury also proudly announced on social networks that he had started preparing for the fight against Usika, but today he had new objections.
“I talked to the lawyers who are drawing up the contract, and Usika’s people have said something about the terms of the rematch and something like that. What do you say, let’s raise the stakes?” Fury addressed Usyk in his video. “How about we do without a rematch clause in the contract? Let’s have the highest stakes! Winner takes the pot, loser goes home.”
A rematch clause is usually avoided in boxing contracts, and is especially often used in title fights. In that regard, the possibility of a rematch would mean that both would have a comfortable opportunity to reclaim their championships. Fury, in a similar manner, previously held as many as three fights against Deontay Wilder, the former WBC champion, while Usyk was contracted to rematch Anthony Joshua.
Usyk, of course, wasn’t thrilled that Fury had a new claim to discuss and negotiate with as time dwindled to the scheduled fight. The Ukrainian boxing star said on his social networks: “Stop whining and avoiding, you’re old! Sign the contract or vacate the title!”
It should be mentioned that the fact that the negotiations about the details of the contract are held in public rarely means a positive direction in professional boxing.
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