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Charlie Wilson

Oleksandr Usyk sends £500m message to Tyson Fury ahead of Anthony Joshua fight

Oleksandr Usyk has sent Tyson Fury a clear message after the Gyspy King's retirement in an attempt to goad him into a unification bout. The Ukrainian has expressed his desire to face Fury, who has stated on multiple occasions that he has retired and he would only return for a sizeable offer.

The Ukrainian took Anthony Joshua's three heavyweight belts with a stellar victory in north London in September, bringing a swift end to the boxing world's aspirations of seeing Fury and Joshua go head-to-head in a bout of their own anytime soon - unless Joshua defeats Usyk this time around when they'll meet in Saudi Arabia on August 20.

Instead, the growing consensus is that a heavyweight unification bout would instead see Usyk and Fury go head-to-head - should Fury come out of retirement.

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