Krasyuk explained why the Usyk-Fury fight was postponed to May 18 and not to a later date

Alexander Krasyuk, promoter of the WBA, WBO and IBF world heavyweight champion Alexandra Usika, reported that his client's fight against Tyson Fury was postponed to May 18 due to deadlines from the IBF.

“The main reason for choosing this date is the IBF. We all know that the IBF is postponing its mandatory defense for a very long time, making a fight for the title of undisputed world champion possible. At some point they will not be able to bear the mandatory defense. Therefore, it was agreed that the IBF would allow the fight deadline to be extended by 90 days in the event of an injury, which is what actually happened. So May 18th is the fight date. I would cite this as the reason for choosing the date.

Of course, from the point of view of the future, the ideal time for Usyk and Fury to recover and return to fighting, it would probably be better to fight at the end of the year, but then we would have to deal with the defense of the IBF title. A fight with Filip Hrgovic would be a good option, but you never know how the fight will go and who will win. The Saudis didn’t want to take risks, so they scheduled the fight for May 18,” Krasyuk said in an interview with the Boxing News YouTube channel.

Let us remember that the fight between Usik and Fury was postponed due to the cut that Tyson received in a sparring with Agron Smakichi.