Tyson Fury’s world heavyweight title unification fight with Oleksandr Usyk is off after it emerged talks between the camps of the rival champions had broken down completely. Anthony Joshua, who lost his IBF, WBA and WBO belts to Usyk, and was defeated again by the Ukrainian in a rematch last summer, said the failure to make the bout was “crazy”.
Joshua also suggested that Fury’s unpredictable demands were to blame for the disappointing collapse of a contest that had promised to give boxing its first undisputed world heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis in 1999 – when Lennox Lewis held the four major titles at the same time.
