Tyson Fury has double d down on his £500million demand for an undisputed heavyweight title fight against Oleksandr Usyk.
WBC champion Fury, 34, retired from boxing after knocking out Dillian Whyte in April but has stated he would return for an undisputed clash against Usyk. The Ukrainian made the first defence of his unified titles last weekend by outpointing Anthony Joshua in their rematch. Usyk won the belts last September when he outclassed Joshua in London.
'The Gypsy King' has until Friday to make a decision over his future but is now ready to negotiate a clash with Usyk, who also said that he would retire if the Brit is not willing to accept the fight. Fury addressed the undisputed fight in a recent Instagram story, writing: "The world's biggest fight has to be the world's biggest money. If I'm to put it all on the line vs some unknown foreigner. Boys better get that half billy, if not keep the little mug. If it was AJ it would have been free but it's not, only power in the waters."
Since announcing his retirement, Fury has been travelling around the UK for his 'After Party' tour and is currently in Mallorca with his family. The Brit reacted to Usyk's 20th professional win by stating: "I've just seen Joshua lose for the second time to Usyk, [he was] out of his depth. England has been relieved of its belts but there is a remedy and solution that I can suggest.
"If you want those belts back then send in the Gyspy barbarian; send me in and I will relieve the Ukrainian dosser of his belts like I did the last Ukrainian dosser. It's not going to be cheap, if you want the best you have to pay. It's going to be very expensive; so get your chequebook out and I will relieve the Ukrainian dosser of the belts." Fury made a career-high purse of £21million for his knockout win against Whyte.
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Fury was close to securing himself an undisputed fight last year when he was booked to face Joshua in Saudi Arabia. The highly anticipated domestic clash was soon cancelled after a US arbitration judge ruled in favour of Fury's trilogy fight against Deontay Wilder. Fury went on to knockout Wilder in the final instalment of their rivalry, whilst Joshua went on to lose his next fight against Usyk.
