The Croatian’s side is going to fight for his right as a mandatory challenger to fight Usyk
Promoter of the Croatian heavyweight Filip Hrgovic (16-0, 13 KOs) Nisse Sauerland commented on the recent announcement of the upcoming fight between the WBA/WBO/IBF/IBO title holder Alexander Usik and WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.
The manager considers the statement about the upcoming fight between the two champions “disrespectful” and “immoral”, and is even going to challenge his charge’s right to fight with Usyk.
“I still find it completely unbelievable, almost disrespectful to Ngannou, who is facing a ten-round fight against Tyson.”
“We have a position. I can’t talk too much about it. “We’re consulting on something like a legal process because after the Zhang fight last August we were just waiting for the mandatory approval.”
“We were pretty much forced to make the fight with Demsey McKean to maintain our ranking and mandatory challenger rights. I understand that everyone wants to see this fight [Фьюри-Усик]”
“And no matter what anyone says – “he doesn’t deserve it” – he [Хргович] in this position. Do you want to make the guy wait a year and a half? He’s going to lose his salary while he’s at the peak of his career, it’s just not very moral.”
Hrgovic, in his last fight, defeated Australian Demsey McKean at a boxing evening in London at the O2 Arena. The Croatian retained his mandatory challenger status for the IBF heavyweight title, which he achieved last August by defeating Zhang Zhilei.
According to Philip himself, he has waited a very long time, and now Usyk must fight him as a mandatory challenger for the IBF heavyweight title. Horvath was determined to exercise his right. According to famous promoter Eddie Hearn, this fight could be organized in December.
However, on September 29, it became known that a contract had been concluded between the parties of Usik and Fury. The preliminary dates for the unification match are December 23, 2023 or January next year.
It is expected that the date of the Usyk-Fury unification fight will be officially announced after Tyson’s fight with ex-UFC champion Francis Ngannou, which will take place on October 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Source: Sportarena
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