Tyson Fury suggests Anthony Joshua will step aside for Oleksandr Usyk fight

The world heavyweight champion is currently in talks for a massive undisputed bout with fellow champ Usyk, but Joshua would need to accept a big money deal to step aside and allow the fight to happen

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Tyson Fury’s latest Instagram story seems to suggest that he believes Anthony Joshua will step aside to allow him to face Oleksandr Usyk.

Fury is currently in talks to hold an unprecedented undisputed world heavyweight title fight against Usyk that would require Joshua to accept a step aside offer believed to be around £15million.

And in his latest post to social media, Fury teased that Joshua will be willing to step aside after offering fans a chance to vote on what Joshua will do next.

After posting a message with fellow top heavyweight Joseph Parker in which Fury called the rest of the division “cowards”, he shared a questionnaire to his 5.5m+ followers.

“Another two times in the office today,” Fury said in his first story. “On the road and in the office.

“For all you heavyweight cowards out there, come see the big dog!”

He then posted a photo of he, Usyk and Joshua, with the question to fans “Will the bum step aside?” And three possible answers; “yes he will,” “no he won’t,” and “I’m injured”.

And when fans answer the live question, they are greeted by the ‘correct’ answer, which Fury has set as “yes he will”, implying that he believes Joshua will insist on getting his rematch with Usyk.

However, Fury had originally posted the message with the correct answer marked as “no he won’t”, so he may be trolling fans with his posts.

It comes after Joshua slammed reports that he was set to accept a £15m offer to allow Fury and Usyk to fight in an event that would crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion since 1999, and the first of the four-belt era.

Usyk holds the unified WBA, WBO and IBF belts, while Fury is the WBC champion as well as holding the Ring Magazine title and being considered the ‘lineal champion’ having never lost the unified belts in the ring.

And a deal has come on the table to pay both Joshua and Fury’s mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte to wait for their shots at the gold until Fury and Usyk have fought, likely in the Middle East.

However, Joshua has said that reports claiming he has accepted the deal, or even been offered it, are “bulls***” in an angry social media post.

Do you think Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte should step aside to allow Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk to fight? Let us know in the comments section below!

“You know what’s mad about all these interviews I see?” Joshua asked fans. “I see certain interviews that quote what I said.

“But I think to myself ‘I ain’t done no interviews,’ where did this person get this information from.

“I’m hearing people saying ‘AJ accepts £15million to step aside, I ain’t signed no contract – I ain’t seen no contract.

“As it stands, stop listening to the bulls*** until it comes from me, I’m the man in control of my destiny, I’m the man that handles my business.

“I’m a smart individual and I make calculated decisions every step of the way.

“Don’t listen to the bulls*** from other sources, if I tell you something then you know it’s real.”

Whyte’s reported step aside fee is said to be in the region of £5m, although there is no word on whether or not he will be approached as yet.