Fury vs Usyk £120m provide laughed off however each ‘need’ struggle – EXCLUSIVE
Skills Challenge Promotions’ Head of Boxing Amer Abdallah is optimistic that Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua vs Deontay Wilder will happen within the Middle East this 12 months however insists that no gives have been made simply but. Social media has been rife with rumours about bids being submitted for each fights and there have been some fairly outlandish numbers thrown round.
It had even been reported that the Saudis had provided £120m to Usyk and Fury to stage their long-awaited undisputed struggle within the Kingdom. But Abdallah affirms that these figures are ‘baseless’.
In an unique interview with Express Sport, he stated: “Sometimes I sit back when I have a little bit of time and I’ll go on Twitter and I’ll read some of this stuff, and I just nod my head and I’m like, ‘man, this is why I don’t check these kinds of things.
“The boxing rumour mill is just an unbelievable place. It really is… It is baseless. I don’t know where this stuff comes from, but nobody reports on an aeroplane landing safely. That’s not news. They want the disaster.
“It’s just there as clickbait. But does it have any substantial means? The answer is absolutely not. There has not been one offer, one number to any single person made.
“There have only been brief talks. And if anything more comes out it’ll come from Skill Challenge Promotions. We will make the announcement. We will have the press release. It’ll come from us first. Anything other than that? Baseless.”
Fights between the glamour divisions’ large 4 have been notoriously onerous to recover from the road previously, nevertheless, Abdallah does not anticipate to run into the identical issues because of the assets Skills Challenge have at their disposal. The former kickboxing world champion states that each one 4 events need the fights to occur and assures these concerned that they may obtain a ‘premium worth’ for his or her companies.
“Tyson wants the fight, from what I understand. I know George [Warren] wants the fight and Frank [Warren] wants the fight at Queensberry,” he added.
“Usyk definitely wants the fight. AJ wants the fight. Eddie [Hearn] wants the fight. Shelly wants the fight. Deontay wants the fight. I mean, there’s nothing that should prevent this from happening. And, the offer that will be made from Skill Challenge will be a very good offer.
“It won’t be one that we’re going to go back and forth with. It’s going to be a premium price, and we’re going to offer it to these guys and pay them their market value, if not, maybe even a little bit more. We’re going to put on great fights and a great event. If anything prevents this fight from happening it’s because certain individuals don’t want the fight to happen, it won’t be because the money isn’t there.”