Tyson Fury claims Oleksandr Usyk signaled he could be ready to step into the ring again in March. That float keeps the door ajar for a third encounter, even with the Ukrainian holding two clear victories over him. Fury must handle Anthony Joshua first, yet he is already floating Usyk’s name for his next move.
Fury says the conversation happened when the Joshua matchup still hung in the balance. No paperwork exists for a trilogy, and Fury leaves crucial blanks, starting with whether March remains realistic once he steps out against Joshua.
“I actually spoke with Alexander to say, like, if he doesn’t fight, then we’ll do it. And he said he’s busy. He’s going on holiday with his family, but he could do a fight in March. So, maybe we do that in March. I don’t know yet. One fight at a time,” Fury said to Fighthype.
Booking the pairing again guarantees immense global interest, yet justifying it on merit gets tricky after back-to-back Usyk wins. Fury commands massive crowds, but he cannot claim unsettled business in the ring, no matter how vigorously he disputes the scorecards.
He still speaks as if the two losses solved nothing. When asked about those bouts, he doubled down on his claim that the judges got them wrong.
“I thought I won both fights,” Fury insisted. “I’m not bitter towards Alexander. He’s a good man. Like, he’s a God-fearing family man. I wish him all the luck in the world. But when he looks in that mirror every day, he knows he didn’t beat GK.”
That stance gives him an obvious marketing angle. He can insist he got robbed twice, promising to finish the job inside the distance next time. Spectators who watched Usyk take both contests will need stronger proof to believe a third chapter goes any differently.
Joshua might shatter this entire timeline anyway. Fury must defeat AJ and emerge unscathed for March to stay viable. A grueling war would instantly derail such a tight turnaround.
Fury also brushed aside talk about Usyk dropping down to cruiserweight to face David Benavidez, arguing that a Usyk trilogy offers the premier commercial draw.
“He just wants a big payday, and I’m his man to give him that,” Fury stated.
However, Saudis almost certainly pass on financing a third meeting, and outside of Riyadh, nobody else has the appetite to write those checks. Turki Alalshikh cares about global prestige and spectacle rather than standard event profit and loss, but he avoids financing fights that feel settled or stale. When one man has already collected 24 rounds of undisputed evidence across two fights, the storyline vanishes.
Alalshikh wants legacy events that captivate the sporting world, not expensive reruns where the outcome feels foregone. Unless Tyson Fury delivers an explosive, career-altering win that makes fans demand it again, Alalshikh will look to put his budget behind fresh pairings.
If the Saudis say no, the fight essentially dies right there. Here is why neither traditional promoters nor major streaming platforms would step into that breach:
Traditional promoters like Frank Warren’s Queensberry or Bob Arum’s Top Rank operate strictly on commercial reality. To stage Fury vs. Usyk 3 without Saudi site fees, they would have to fund massive eight-figure guarantees entirely through ticket sales, sponsorships, and pay-per-view buys.
The first two fights showed that pay-per-view numbers alone struggle to justify astronomical purses without state subsidies. Putting together $80 million to $100 million in combined purses on a pay-per-view model for a 2-0 rivalry would be financial suicide for any standalone promoter.
Netflix has entered live combat sports, but its entire strategy relies on massive cultural events and spectacle that drive mainstream global viewership without pay-per-view barriers. A technical chess match between two pure boxers, where the Ukrainian has already dominated the series, does not fit the kind of mass-market spectacle Netflix targets.
If Netflix is going to spend tens of millions on a live boxing broadcast, they will chase crossover draws or a massive domestic clash like Fury against Anthony Joshua, not a redundant third bout between Fury and Usyk.