Frank Warren has hit back at Eddie Hearn’s claim that Tyson Fury chose not to fight Oleksandr Usyk and insisted that it was in fact Anthony Joshua’s step-aside demands which scuppered t…
had been ordered to defend his WBC heavyweight title against Dillian Whyte next, while Anthony Joshua had triggered his contractual clause for a rematch with WBA, IBF and WBO champion Usyk.step asideUltimately though, this deal collapsed and Fury vs Whyte will now take place next with the Usyk vs Joshua rematch expected to follow shortly afterwards.: “The reality is Tyson Fury does not want to fight Oleksandr Usyk next for the undisputed championship, he wants to have an interim bout.
Warren has now responded by telling talkSPORT Fight Night: “It’s all irrelevant and I don’t particularly care what Eddie Hearn said. “A year ago when we were trying to put together a fight between Joshua and Tyson, every week he was saying, ‘It’s done, the contracts are being issued,’ despite the fact we all signed an agreement not to make any statements until it was done.”Warren added: “As far as Tyson was concerned, it dragged on.“He said, ‘I’m not interested, he’s too greedy,’ and that was enough.“Him and Usyk wanted to get it on, both of them wanted to get it on.
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