Oleksandr Usyk v Tyson Fury? Gypsy King insists he's willing to fight Ukrainian for all the belts if the price is right
Tyson Fury has declared that he is willing to come out of retirement for a world heavyweight unification fight with Oleksandr Usyk - but only for the right price.
The Ukrainian pound-for-pound star (20-0, 13 KOs) deservedly retained the WBA, IBF and WBO with victory over Anthony Joshua that was somewhat more comfortable than the split decision scores of 113-115, 115-113, 116-112 suggested at Jeddah’s King Abdullah Sports City Arena.
It set up a mouthwatering showdown with the Gypsy King, who holds the WBC belt despite his second retirement that nobody is taking seriously.
Usyk said: “I am sure that Tyson Fury is not retired yet. I am convinced he wants to fight me. I want to fight him and if I am not fighting Tyson Fury, I am not fighting at all.
“Only God knows whether I will fight him or not, but all these gentlemen here around me, my team, they are going to help me.”
Fury took to social media to express his dissatisfaction with the quality of Usyk's latest triumph and in a later post laid down his demands.
He said: “To be honest with you, after watching that both of them were s****. It was one of the worst heavyweight title fights I have ever seen, it was bulls***. I would annihilate both of them on the same night, fucking s****, get you (sic) f****** cheque book out because the Gypsy King is here forever.
“I’ve just seen Joshua lose for the second time to Usyk, out of his depth. England has been relieved of its belts but there is a remedy and solution that I can suggest.
“If you want those belts back then send in the Gypsy barbarian of England! Come on! Send me in! I will relieve the Ukrainian dosser of his belts like I did the last Ukrainian dosser (Wladimir Klitschko in 2015).
“But it’s not going to be cheap, if you want the best you have to pay. It's going to be very expensive. So get your f***ing chequebook out and I'll relieve him of his belts!"
Usyk responded to Fury's claims that he'd beat him and Joshua in the same night, saying: "That's what he's dreaming every day. I'm gonna beat his ass."
Earlier this month, Fury chose his 34th birthday to announce his latest retirement from boxing having previously performed a number of U-turns over his future in the sport.
This came days after Fury insisted his most recent spell in retirement was over in order to set up a trilogy fight against Derek Chisora and he even claimed to have appointed Isaac Lowe as his trainer.