Promoter Frank Warren says Tyson Fury’s heavyweight fight with Oleksandr Usyk is off – and he “does not think” it will happen in the near future.<\/span><\/p>\n Talks over a bout at Wembley Stadium on 29 April have broken down, despite a late bid to salvage the situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Usyk had agreed a 70\/30 purse split in Fury’s favour with terms for a rematch the only outstanding issue.<\/span><\/p>\n But Warren said the fight is now a “dead duck” and suggested Usyk had looked “for a way to get out”.<\/span><\/p>\n “They said the fight must take place before 29 April and if it goes later they want different splits,” Warren said.<\/span><\/p>\n “The reason they did that was they didn’t think Tyson would be ready for the 29th and suddenly Tyson was ready for it. <\/span><\/p>\n “He has been in training camp for two and a half weeks, got trainers in from America and they looked for a way to get out.”<\/span><\/p>\n Fury currently holds the WBC heavyweight belt while Ukraine’s Usyk, who beat Britain’s Anthony Joshua for a second time last year, has the others in the division.<\/span><\/p>\n Warren said Fury had agreed to the principle of a rematch but terms around the deal, and whether it would again be for all of the belts, had not been finalised.<\/span><\/p>\n He said Usyk’s camp have also been “turned” by potential earnings by fighting in Saudi Arabia later this year by which time Usyk would have to fight other mandatory challengers.<\/span><\/p>\n “There is an established rota of who Usyk has to defend against,” Warren said.<\/span><\/p>\n “That’s why after the 29th it goes away.”<\/span><\/p>\n Both parties have until 1 April to agree a deal after the <\/span>WBA said it would wait<\/span><\/a> until that date before ordering Usyk to fight mandatory challenger Daniel Dubois.<\/span><\/p>\n When Fury, 34, beat Derek Chisora in December to <\/span>retain his WBC title<\/span><\/a>, he said agreeing a deal with Usyk and his team for an undisputed fight would be easy – but that has not proven to be the case.<\/span><\/p>\n After months of back and forth, Fury publicly declared 12 days ago he would not accept anything less than a <\/span>70\/30 purse split in his favour.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Usyk surprised everyone by accepting that offer, despite holding three of the four world titles, and subsequently informed governing body the WBA that terms had been reached.<\/span><\/p>\n However, Fury then said he would not sign any deal that included a rematch clause – leading to a conference call on Sunday morning between all parties.<\/span><\/p>\n Warren said “six or seven” outstanding issues were ironed out and he had managed to convince Fury to accept a rematch. The WBC champion agreed and the call ended with Team Fury optimistically preparing an official statement to announce the fight.<\/span><\/p>\n Warren teased on Twitter on Sunday that news was imminent, but the two sides again clashed over the proposed terms of a rematch.<\/span><\/p>\n According to Warren, Fury was against an immediate rematch in part as he did not want to be tied into two fights against Usyk <\/span>as he was with Deontay Wilder,<\/span><\/a> which meant he could not fight British rival Anthony Joshua.<\/span><\/p>\n The purse splits for a proposed rematch appear, however, to be the key unresolved issue to unlocking Fury v Usyk.<\/span><\/p>\n Usyk, the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and Ring magazine champion, would like a proposed rematch to happen in November or December, but there are fears among Team Fury that the four belts would have fractured by then.<\/span><\/p>\n WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman contacted the Fury camp on Wednesday to say the governing body could not guarantee its support for an immediate rematch.<\/span><\/p>\n Usyk, 36, wants a rematch clause like the one Joshua activated when they fought in 2021. The Briton was given the chance to <\/span>immediately regain the titles<\/span><\/a> and Usyk would want the same opportunity if he was beaten by Fury.<\/span><\/p>\n But if the Ukrainian overcame Fury in their first fight, he would also expect an improved purse split in a rematch.<\/span><\/p>\n There has not been an undisputed heavyweight champion since 1999 when Lennox Lewis beat Evander Holyfield – and never been one in the four-belt era.<\/span><\/p>\nA breakthrough in talks, followed by another obstacle <\/h3>\n
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