Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk’s undisputed heavyweight clash ‘will NOT happen on April 29’

The undisputed heavyweight clash between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk on April 29 has fallen through, according to the Ukrainian’s manager.

‘No matter how much Usyk compromised, he was pushed for more,’ Egis Klimas said, reported first by Steve Kim.

There has been a long-standing war of words between the two camps, and while a date of April 29 has been discussed for a mammoth meeting at London’s Wembley Stadium, nothing had been confirmed.

Last week, the Gypsy King insisted that the bout was definitely on, and that he has entered a social media blackout during training for the fight. 

But the Ukrainian’s manager and long-time advisor Klimas issued a firm take-it-or-leave-it declaration to Fury’s team, and that if the fight does not happen, Usyk will pivot to a mandatory defense of his WBA title against Daniel Dubois. 

Klimas told SNAC: ‘If this fight is going to happen, only April 29th. Or it’s just going to be cancelled, and we’ll go with the mandatory.’

 The clash between Tyson Fury (L) and Oleksandr Usyk (R) on April 29 has fallen through

Fury and Usyk did reach an agreement on the 70/30 purse split in favour of the Gypsy King but other material terms could not be decided on, according to ESPN. 

The report claims the 35-year-old Ukrainian has stopped his training camp.