Eddie Hearn blasts Tyson Fury amid negotiations for huge bout against Oleksandr Usyk
GET OUT OF THE SHIT! You want the money… you’re not the hottie you think you are’: Eddie Hearn attacks Tyson Fury as his ‘£125m’ demands risk derailing Oleksandr Usyk fight, in extraordinary tirade about his lies
- Eddie Hearn launched an extraordinary tirade directed at Tyson Fury on Thursday
- Negotiations between Fury and Oleksandr Usyk’s team have recently stalled
- Hearn suggested Fury was demanding “too much money” for the fight
Eddie Hearn has claimed that Tyson Fury is demanding “too much money” in negotiations for a unification fight against Oleksandr Usyk.
An undisputed heavyweight title fight between the Briton and the Ukrainian has been hyped for many months, but there is still no official confirmation on the bout.
Fellow promoter Frank Warren suggested this week that the ‘pot’ may not be enough to tempt the ‘Gypsy King’ into a fight with Usyk and now Hearn has targeted Fury.
Speaking to IFL TV, Hearn said: ‘When are they going to start to understand? “It’s not about the money” “I’ll fight it for free” “As long as tickets are free to the general public.”
Fuck off. You want money. You want too much money. You are not the drawing you think you are. That fight is not as big as it is.
Tyson Fury (L) and Oleksandr Usyk’s potential undisputed heavyweight title fight is in jeopardy
Eddie Hearn lashed out at the ‘Gypsy King’ for economic demands made in the negotiations
‘If yours is legacy and you want to be undisputed, then you take the fight. So you’ll get £50 or £60 million instead of the £80 or £100 or £125 million you asked for.
The delicious clash has had fans on edge for months, however recent rumors have suggested a breakdown in communication between the parties.
And Hearn isn’t the only one frustrated by the delay in negotiations, as Warren similarly suggested that financial demands were obstructing the fight.
He said talk sport: ‘We are not wiser yet. You need the agreement of both fighters for this to happen and at the moment we don’t have it.
‘I have a pot and I can only pay for what is in it. If it’s not enough money, then it won’t happen.’
‘Out of courtesy I am telling you where we are, but I am not going to be conducting negotiations at the moment as they are confidential between the two parties.
“But I would say it won’t be past the end of this week, that’s for sure because the proposed date is April 29.”
The winner of the fight would become boxing’s first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis in 2000.
Usyk was the undisputed cruiserweight champion until 2019, but vacated the titles to fight as a heavyweight.