Mandatory challenger for IBF heavyweight title Filip Hrgovic stated that the WBA, WBO and IBF champion Alexander Usik I must fight him in the next fight, since the holder of the WBC belt Tyson Fury unavailable for unification due to a scheduled fight against Francis Ngannou.
“I can’t relax on vacation because I know I’m next in line. I think about this every day. Yes, I should be next to get my chance. Fury has a fight scheduled against Ngannou. He’s unavailable, so Usyk has to fight the mandatory challenger, and I’m next in line. I earned this chance a long time ago, I've been waiting a long time, so I'm ready to fight.
I've been waiting for two years now. I had problems scheduling a fight for mandatory challenger status: I waited a year and a half for it. And now I'm waiting again for over a year. I've become a mandatory candidate, but I'm still waiting. There is no unification fight because Fury has a fight scheduled. As I said, they must follow the rules, and in the next fight Usyk must fight me,” Hrgovic said in an interview with the Boxing Social YouTube channel.
