The World Boxing Association (WBA) has revealed that it has received confirmation of an agreement between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk’s teams for their undisputed heavyweight fight.
On Friday, Usyk’s promoter said the fight was unlikely to happen next although the unification bout has been scheduled to take place on 29 April at Wembley Stadium.
However, the WBA says an agreement was made before Friday’s 22:00 GMT deadline, though both sides have asked for some time to work on the contracts to close the deal.
One pf Usyk’s lawyers told a news agency that the parties had agreed terms that will see Britain’s Fury take a 70% split to Usyk’s 30%.
Earlier on Friday, Fury posted on his social media channels offering the 70/30 split.
In an Instagram video posted later on, Usyk said he would accept if the Englishman immediately donated a million pounds to the people of Ukraine and also gave up 1% of his purse to Ukraine for every day he delayed.
The 34-year-old Fury is the WBC champion while 36-year-old Usyk holds the WBO, WBA and IBF belts.
Former undisputed cruiserweight champion Usyk has won all his 20 professional bouts, while Briton Fury has 33 victories and one draw on his record.