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Fury, Usyk agree to terms for unification fight says Usyk lawyer

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Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk have agreed terms for their heavyweight unification bout on April 29 at Wembley Stadium in London, a lawyer for Usyk told Reuters on Friday (March 10).

 

The two sides agreed late last year that they would fight to decide the undisputed heavyweight world championship after Britain’s Fury retained his WBC title against Derek Chisora.

 

The deal will see Fury take a 70% split to Usyk’s 30%.

 

ESPN said on Friday that Usyk had requested that Fury donate $1 million to his native Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian invasion of the country as part of the terms, though it was not immediately clear whether that was agreed upon.

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