Eddie Hearn claims Tyson Fury pulled out of a fight against Oleksandr Usyk

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'He'll get beat by Dillian Whyte, he'll get knocked out by Dillian Whyte'

Eddie Hearn has accused Tyson Fury of pulling out of a fight against Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight title. Usyk is set to face Anthony Joshua in a rematch later this year after the Ukrainian defeated AJ in September to win the WBA, WBO and IBF world titles. Despite reports suggesting that Joshua could step aside to allow Fury to fight Usyk in a unification bout - claims that the 32-year-old Brit denied - the Gypsy King has been mandated to defend his WBC title against Dillian Whyte. Fury took to social media on Thursday to describe Joshua and his promoter Hearn as "the worst businessmen in history", claiming that they had turned down a lucrative offer worth $90m (£67m). https://twitter.com/MichaelBensonn/status/1486403211984519172

While Hearn suggested that Joshua was willing to consider a proposal, he would only have done so if it guaranteed he fought the winner of Fury-Usyk.

However, he added that a concrete offer had not materialised - claiming that Fury is avoiding a fight with Usyk.

Hearn told iFL TV: "The reality of the situation is; we would be willing to see a long-form agreement with a plan for AJ.

"But we're not even at that stage. Tyson Fury had the opportunity to discuss - Fury doesn't want to fight Usyk, in my opinion.

"Because he had the opportunity to do it through these discussions and really, when it came down to it, he really don't want to." The Gypsy King seemingly confirmed that his next fight would be against Whyte after vowing to 'annihilate' the Body Snatcher, however, Hearn is predicting a major upset in the bout. He added: "What Fury wants to do is have a little easy one in March, that's what he really wants to do.

"Now, he's going to have to fight Dillian Whyte, and by the way, after all of this kerfuffle, he'll get beat by Dillian Whyte, he'll get knocked out by Dillian Whyte.

"But the reality is, when it really came down to it, he never wanted to fight Oleksandr Usyk.

"Because he could've gone straight into a fight with Oleksandr Usyk, but he didn't want to go straight into a fight with Oleksandr Usyk.

"But you won't ever hear that and the public won't ever hear that. You'll just hear Fury on Instagram, screaming and shouting with smoke and mirrors." Related links:

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'He'll get beat by Dillian Whyte, he'll get knocked out by Dillian Whyte'

Joshua could step aside to allow Fury to fight Usyk in a unification bout

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defend his WBC title against Dillian Whyte.