Tyson Fury launches foul-mouthed rant on Oleksandr Usyk as undisputed heavyweight fight falls through

Tyson Fury has blamed Oleksandr Usyk for their undisputed heavyweight fight falling through in a foul-mouthed rant. It appeared that a deal had been reached for Fury and Usyk to fight at Wembley Stadium on April 29 after weeks of negotiations, but talks broke down earlier this week. Ad The WBA are now expected to order Usyk to fight against mandatory challenger Daniel Dubois.

BoxingWarren: Fury v Usyk fight a ‘dead duck’ now9 HOURS AGO Fury accused Usyk of “running away” as he insulted the Ukrainian. “You got your rematch and then didn’t even want to fight with that,” said Fury. He added.

«You were never man enough to tangle with The Gypsy King, ever in your life. You little 14-stone coward.” Usyk is the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and Ring magazine champion, having successfully defended his titles against Anthony Joshua last year, whilst Fury stopped Dillian Whyte and Dereck Chisora to defend his WBC title. Both men are unbeaten and an announcement about an undisputed fight was expected for the first time in the four-belts era.

Usyk’s promoter Alex Krassyuk says his side were „desperate to find a compromise“ but Fury didn't want it. “I spoke with Frank [Warren], and we both admitted that the fight is off,” Krassyuk . “So we accepted it, and we agreed to speak over the weekend to discuss the mandatory [Dubois] “Usyk vs the mandatory is the most likely to happen next.