Fury and Arum Holding Up Fury-Usyk, They Don't Think Usyk Deserves 50%

The interview (almost 50 minutes) with Krassyuk is entirely in English. Timestamped.

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So Krassyuks set the deadline of Saturday? He must mean next week (4th April).
I Wonder why Usyks setting deadlines now. He must have other plans.
Wembley looks set though, and Krassyuks very optimistic.

Sticking point is the split. Krassyuk even states Fury is the big tickets seller.

 

Not clear which Saturday, but since it's already Sunday, I also assume it's the next one.

 

Yeh I assumed so as vid was posted yesterday. Thanks for the post dude, very informative.
The deadline has me shocked really, and especially if the sticking point is the split. I'm hoping Krassyuk is bluffing and only holding out as long a possible before caving in. But we'll see.
If the split is anything more than 40%, Usyk should take it late next week IMO.

 

Usyk's not negotiating though. He's sticking on 50% and has set a deadline for Saturday.

 

Team Usyk are feeding Furys camp some of their own tactics...

 

The result of a poll on an AJ fan forum means nothing. Facts are facts and Krussyuk said it himself, Fury is the big tickets seller.
And I remember Usyk saying it wasnt about the money too. Liars the both of them, clearly.

If Usyk doesnt fold this week, he'll be back with cup in hand later in the year.

 

I Agree. I'm still keeping my hopes up that something comes up this week and it gets over the line.

 

Who is Fury having step in for April 29th?

Can't wait another week for the midget. Fury not fighting this summer is a career ender for him...he can't be inactive.

 

My bet its snickers boy.

Usyk may earn a couple of mil going through hell with Wilder.

 

Fury will show AJ how you deal with Ruiz properly. That sells out Wembley easy. Probably reason why Wilder is over in Saudi he messed up his relationship with Fury and now has nobody to fight.

 

"The 34-year-old Brit can now command a bigger split of a smaller purse - of a Wembley showdown that is targeted for April 29 as the local fighter attracting most of the crowd."
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If the Saudis offered 50:50 split, but 60:40 at Wembley brings more money to Fury, it means the Saudis' offer wasn't really that great. Anyway, one holding the fight is also Usyk, Krassyuk stated it clearly and honestly in the interview I posted on the previous page, saying he agrees Tyson brings more interest to the fight, but they want 50:50 because it's on his own soil. True, but where else this fight could take place? USA is not an option, because of Fury being banned there, so... Germany? They still don't mention 50:50 split and like 60:40 from the PPVs and tickets for that same reason, so mainly blaming Fury is legit, but Usyk is to blame to some degree as well, he agreed on lesser money than Chisora in their fight.

 

He's not though is he?

He's a boxing great, who has achieved more (in boxing terms) than Fury has at this point in their careers.

A superstar is something very different though. Tyson Fury is the international superstar, not many people anywhere in the world would ask who he is if they saw him or heard his name. The same can't be said for Usyk.

Obviously the boxing community is a different thing. But it isn't the boxing community who generate the majority of the income for such fights.

 

It's common knowledge that the money in boxing is in Saudi today. The UK is only the third best option - even the US is better but Fury is not allowed to enter that country because of his criminal associations. There's a reason the UK was never the target country. Sure, Fury will sell 90k seats at Wembley... so? That's peanuts, that's not where the money comes from. That comes from PPV which would have been just the cherry on top of what both fighters would have netted with their respective deals done with the Saudi organisers.

So basically, instead of two major income streams (respective deals for the fighters that are biggest in boxing today + the PPV sales), Fury's idiocy forces them to the UK where they will only have only one income stream (PPV sales) to split between the two of them and it is somehow supposed to not only make sense but be a better deal? You can't be serious, mate.