Talks to stage the undisputed world heavyweight title fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk have failed to reach a conclusion; Usyk team on how the negotiations collapsed: "We're thirsty to make it happen. We're going to use each and every effort. But I don't believe it's possible"
Usyk will now look to make a defence of his heavyweight titles against WBA mandatory challenger Daniel Dubois.
"I would love to see this fight. I would love to make it happen as the promoter. Usyk would love to be part of such a huge fight, we all are willing, we are thirsty to make it happen. Of course we are going to use each and every effort, if there is any. But from my perspective I don't believe it's possible."
Egis Klimas, Usyk's manager, has questioned whether Fury and his team genuinely wanted the fight in April.
"The Usyk side pulled out of further negotiations as the Fury side never had enough [and wanted] to pull everything and all rights to their side," Klimas told Sky Sports.
"I don't want to go into details as all negotiations were confidential but I will tell you one thing, when a fighter doesn't want to fight he overprices himself knowing that the fight won't happen.
"They most likely forgot that Usyk is holding the majority of belts in the heavyweight division and Tyson just has one.
"They claimed Tyson is a face and must have all the rights, but look at statistics on pay-per-view with Tyson v Chisora and Usyk v Chisora and then tell me who is who?"
Frank Warren, Fury's UK promoter, has told TalkSports radio that he believes the negotiations can be salvaged.
But Krassyuk responded that the issue around a rematch clause was just the final straw for those talks to collapse.
"They did as much as we did. They tried hard. We all tried to make it happen," Krassyuk told Sky Sports "[The] rematch clause was just the point where it all exploded.
"The discussion about the rematch split was just the point where Usyk was fed up with everything. He said, 'How many more times do I have to bow my head in front of Tyson. Why should I do this? It's enough. Either he accepts what I say or I leave'. Tyson did not accept it and he left."
Krassyuk did say a one-fight deal could still be "acceptable, but the split should not be 70/30."
The undisputed championship, he insisted, was their "highest priority".
"The money that was anticipated for Usyk in this fight was not even close to what Usyk earned in his last fight. It's definitely not Usyk's payday and it's definitely not his attempt to get more money. It's his attempt to get the WBC belt," Krassyuk said.
"We will do our best to deliver this fight to the fans," he added. "With Usyk, we've been together since 2013. We went through hell, through fire, through water, through everything. We never had any troubles with our opponents, we were always flexible."
The Fury v Usyk fight would have been one of the most significant contests in world boxing.
Between them, they hold all four of the major heavyweight world titles.
Fury, who first became a unified world champion when he sensationally defeated Wladimir Klitschko in 2015, never lost those titles in the ring but they became vacant when he did not box for more than two years.
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