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Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury went face-to-face aft Fury's triumph implicit Derek Chisora successful DecemberThe World Boxing Association says it has received confirmation of an "agreement" betwixt Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk's teams for their undisputed heavyweight fight.
The unification bout is owed to instrumentality spot connected 29 April astatine Wembley Stadium, but connected Friday, Usyk's promoter said the combat was "unlikely to hap next".
However, the WBA says an statement was made earlier Friday's 22:00 GMT deadline, though some sides person requested clip to "work connected the contracts to adjacent the deal".
A lawyer for Ukrainian Usyk told quality bureau Reuters the parties had agreed presumption that volition spot Britain's Fury instrumentality a 70% divided to Usyk's 30%.
Earlier connected Friday, Fury posted connected his societal media channels offering the 70/30 split.
Usyk, in a aboriginal Instagram video, said helium would judge if the Englishman instantly donated £1m to the radical of Ukraine, and besides gave up 1 percent of his purse to Ukraine for each time helium delayed.
Fury, 34, is the WBC champion portion 36-year-old Usyk holds the WBO, WBA and IBF belts.
Former undisputed cruiserweight champion Usyk has won each his 20 nonrecreational bouts, portion Fury has 33 victories and 1 gully connected his record.
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