BOXING | TOM KERSHAW
Farce as tortuous Tyson Fury v Oleksandr Usyk talks ‘explode’
More bluffs, self-imposed deadlines and media frenzies as boxing continues to be characterised by more fussing than fighting
Warren, right, booked out Wembley Stadium for Fury, left, to fight Usyk on April 29
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There is more farce than fighting in boxing nowadays, with punches thrown over radio waves more regularly than in the ring. Perhaps that has often been the case in a sport that prides itself on volubility as much as violence, but rarely was it more pronounced than on Wednesday when the bout between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk was scrapped, resurrected and then hurtled into purgatory again in the space of a few hours.
The negotiations, as ever, have been tortuous and tortured. Initially, the bout to crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis in 1999 was set to be staged in Saudi Arabia, where the money was so exorbitant it could satisfy all the parties involved. When those talks broke down, Frank
