Alexander Krasyuk also commented on the appointment of a rematch between Usik and Fury at the end of the year.
Oleksandr Usyk will not end his professional career and has never spoken about his desire to hang up his gloves. This was announced by the promoter of the Ukrainian boxer Alexander Krasyuk.
In addition, the functionary said why the end of December was chosen for the rematch between the Ukrainian absolute champion and Tyson Fury.
According to Krasyuk, this was the date the organizers had initially considered, and the October date was just working.
“This is the date that we are considering and this is the date that we have confirmed with His Majesty. We gave our word that it will happen on the 21st of December. The plan is that it will happen on the 21st of December, but when dealing with our enemy, you never know how everything will turn out.” will work out.
Why not in October? This is a working date that we consider as one of the possible days for the event. Our original agreement had a time limit until the end of the year, so it is consistent with our original agreement. We haven’t had any talk about Usyk leaving boxing. There might be rumours, maybe someone else expressed their thoughts, but we didn’t discuss it. This issue is not a problem for us.
Always the fighter’s decision. When he feels like he has nothing to prove, when he feels like he doesn’t want to wake up at five in the morning and do three training sessions a day, if he’s tired, maybe it’s time for him to put down his phone. gloves,” Boxing Social quoted Krasyuk as saying.
We remind you that Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury by split decision and became the first absolute heavyweight champion since 1999.
It was previously reported that the IBF decided to leave the belt to Usik.
Source: korrespondent
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