Oleksandr Usyk’s Promoter Blasts Tyson Fury For Francis Ngannou Fight

Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter, Alexander Krassyuk has blasted Tyson Fury.

Krassyuk has been trying to make Fury vs. Usyk for quite some time, but it never came to fruition for a few reasons. Tyson Fury wanted a 70-30 split and a lot of money and now will be fighting Francis Ngannou while Usyk will be facing Daniel Dubois, which is disappointing for Krassyuk.

“Tyson Fury has become famous, rich, recognized, only for one reason and the reason is because boxing fans put hands in their pockets and spend money on his fights,” Krassyuk told Seconds Out (h/t BoxingScene). “It means buying pay-per-views, it means buying tickets, buying merchandise, whatever. So the money that Tyson Fury has in his account is the money that comes from fans’ pockets. And showing the disrespect to the fans, like he does, fans want something in return. And the thing they want in return is the big fight, and Tyson is not delivering. He’s not paying back.

“This is disrespectful to his fans, and this is what can completely destroy Tyson’s image,” Krassyuk continued. “[Fury’s promoter] Frank Warren used to say that there’s so much hate for Tyson Fury because Usyk and his team came and showed up and tried to put pressure, dirty pressure—no, that’s not the reason. This is the reason. He’s disrespectful to his fans, that’s the only reason.”

Perhaps if both Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury both win their upcoming fights then maybe the unified heavyweight title fight can come to fruition.

Do you think we see Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk in 2024?