Oleksandr Usyk has set his price for a third meeting with Anthony Joshua.
The Ukrainian handed Joshua back-to-back defeats in 2021 and 2022 but since then ‘AJ’ has gone on a four fight win streak.
Some have speculated that the Brit has become more aggressive and that he would now pose Usyk a bigger threat than when he took him on in the past.
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But, Alex Krassyuk who is Usyk’s promoter has explained why a third fight might be complicated to make and laid out his team’s financial terms.
“Well Anthony Joshua was talking about the third fight.” Krassyuk told Boxing King Media.
“He’s a great champ and he’s changed a lot since the two fights with Usyk. We’ve seen him going down and seen him rising up.”
“It’s also a complicated fight to make. In the first fight, Usyk was almost a no-name and Joshua was a massive star in the UK. After he beat him twice, Joshua still remains a massive star here no matter what. So this fight might be something that attracts the attention of the entire world. If we decide to earn money, then we can probably go for AJ for $200million [£155m].”
Both heavyweights are in action before the end of the year with Joshua facing Daniel Dubois for his IBF strap at Wembley Stadium on September 21st.
Then Usyk defends his WBC, WBA and WBO titles against Tyson Fury on December 21st in Saudi Arabia.
If His Excellency Turki Alalshikh gets his way the winners could fight in another huge showdown.
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