Oleksandr Usyk has no intention of stepping aside to allow Anthony Joshua to fight Tyson Fury. The former undisputed cruiserweight world champion is the mandatory challenger to Joshua and is determined to secure his shot.
To do so he will have to beat Dereck Chisora in October - but will then demand Joshua steps up to the plate. The Briton has his own date in the diary with his clash with Kubrat Pulev pencilled in for December 12.
He had then hoped to move straight to an undisputed fight with Fury next spring or summer. But Usyk's co-promoter Alexander Krassyuk told Sky Sports: "Usyk has been the WBO mandatory challenger for more than one year. "He has agreed to let AJ versus Pulev happen, with regards that the winner fights him next.
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