Skill Challenge Promotions' Head of Boxing Amer Abdallah has a good feeling that Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury will actually come off as planned.
Abdallah's company is looking to stage a major heavyweight doubleheader in the Middle East on a date in December.
The first bout would have former world champions Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder collide in a long-awaited showdown. And the second bout, would have Fury and Usyk meet in the ring for all of the major world titles in their division.
Earlier this month, Usyk signed a promotional agreement with Abdallah's company.
Abdallah explains that a lot of misinformation is being reported on the heavyweight doubleheader. He rejected reports that claim his company offered $120 million to Usyk and Fury to stage their fight.
“Sometimes I sit back when I have a little bit of time and I'll go on Twitter and I'll read some of this stuff, and I just nod my head and I'm like, ‘man, this is why I don't check these kinds of things," Abdallah told Express Sport.
“The boxing rumor mill is just an unbelievable place. It really is… It is baseless. I don't know where this stuff comes from, but nobody reports on an airplane landing safely. That's not news. They want the disaster. It’s just there as clickbait. But does it have any substantial means? The answer is absolutely not. There has not been one offer, one number to any single person made."
Abdallah also makes it clear that his company has the necessary funds to make this doubleheader a reality.
As far as he knows, everyone involved wants these fights to take place.
He cautions that 'money' will not be the determining factor in any of the contests not coming off.
“Tyson wants the fight, from what I understand. I know George [Warren] wants the fight and Frank [Warren] wants the fight at Queensberry," Abdallah said.
“Usyk definitely wants the fight. AJ wants the fight. Eddie [Hearn] wants the fight. Shelly wants the fight. Deontay wants the fight. I mean, there's nothing that should prevent this from happening. And, the offer that will be made from Skill Challenge will be a very good offer.
“It won't be one that we're going to go back and forth with. It's going to be a premium price, and we're going to offer it to these guys and pay them their market value, if not, maybe even a little bit more. We’re going to put on great fights and a great event. If anything prevents this fight from happening it's because certain individuals don't want the fight to happen, it won’t be because the money isn't there.”