TYSON FURY’S team have given fresh hope for an undisputed title fight against Oleksandr Usyk despite “PLAGUED” talks in the past.
The pair of unbeaten champions have failed in the past to commence the first ever four-belt heavyweight unification.
It led Usyk, 36, into a mandatory title defence against Daniel Dubois, 25, which he won in nine rounds in August.
Meanwhile Fury, 35, turned his attention to ex-UFC star Francis Ngannou, 37, and their October 28 crossover clash in Saudi Arabia.
But Todd DuBoef of Top Rank who promote Fury is still holding out hope for the historic undisputed title decider.
DuBoef told Sky Sports: “I think we were plagued by timing in this last go-around.
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“Timing from both guys just didn’t match up and we were trying to squeeze this fight in, in the spring, before the Dubois-Usyk mandatory had to happen.
“There were a bunch of circumstances, so the good news is Usyk came out of the fight with Dubois.
“Some people thought he didn’t look as good as they thought he would, but it was a really good, competitive fight.
“Tyson is going to stay razor-sharp and hopefully is going to be fighting the baddest man on the planet, and they’re going to be going at it.
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“I think, soon after that, it would be appropriate, and the stars should align for timing purposes, that the unification happens very soon.”
Fans are now fearing the super-fight will NEVER be agreed but DuBoef warned not to rule it out from experience.
He even likened it to when Top Rank boss Bob Arum and rival promoter Don King agreed a deal between Oscar De La Hoya and Felix Trinidad in 1999.
DuBoef said: “There was always an appetite.
“There’s always an appetite to present something when it’s always going against public opinion where people say, ‘You can’t make the big fights’.
“I remember when they said ‘Bob and Don will never make De La Hoya-Trinidad’, and we sat in a deli with Don and the three of us made the fight.
“Sometimes, a lot of the narrative is created online and on social platforms today, and that’s unfortunate and it creates headwinds for reality.
“People have knee-jerk responses to what they hear out there and it kind of drives the negotiation, so if we could keep everybody off the social platforms, I think the alignment of where you could get a big fight to unify all the titles, particularly in the heavyweight division, is very appealing for everyone.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
