Promoter Alexander Krassyuk hasn’t given up hope trying to set up a fight between his charge, Oleksandr Usyk, and the mercurial Tyson Fury.

At the same time Krassyuk has a feeling no amount of moolah will convince Fury to get in the same ring with Usyk.

Representatives for Usyk, the unified WBO, WBA, IBO, IBF heavyweight champion from Ukraine, and Fury, the WBC titlist from Manchester, England, have been engaged in talks, on and off, for the past year but repeatedly failed to strike a deal that would have potentially led to the establishment of a single champion in the heavyweight division.

Now both fighters have pivoted to other options. Usyk will defend his belts against mandatory challenger Daniel Dubois this Saturday in Wroclaw, Poland, while Fury is scheduled to take on former UFC champion Francis Ngannou in a “crossover” event on Oct. 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

In an interview published Wednesday, Krassyuk indicated that his side would continue to push for the undisputed heavyweight championship, noting that it would be far easier to make that fight in, say, Saudi Arabia, where both fighters would get exorbitant guaranteed purses, as opposed to in the UK, where the fighters would have to negotiate a percentage from the financial "pot" with each other. Fury, for example, has balked at Usyk’s assertion that a 50-50 split is fair.

“We will keep walking our way to the undisputed [championship], whatever it takes,” Krassyuk told Boxing Social.

“There were no terms on the table actually. We had it 50-50, that is the term on the table. That’s the only acceptable term on the table, if it goes to the fight in London. If it comes to the fight in Saudi, we don’t need to negotiate anything with Tyson Fury. We just need to get his consent. If it’s not in the UK, if it’s somewhere else, it’s easy. We just negotiate each side, and that’s it.”

Usyk signed with Saudi Arabia-based Skill Challenge Promotions in June, the outfit that has stirred the rumor mill for the past year about a potential heavyweight extravaganza that would feature Fury-Usyk in one match and Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua in another.

“I mean, Saudi is a great contribution to boxing,” Krassyuk continued. “We know how people call Tyson. ‘Greedy Belly.’ So probably he is greedy, probably for money. I don’t know. Money probably means a lot to him. So here we go with these guys that are able to deliver this money to him, but at the final point someone has to give his consent on his behalf. Or the good thing is when Tyson Fury gives his own consent to fight Usyk, you know what I mean?

“That’s the only thing pending. If he’s ready, then he’s ready. If he’s not, then there’s nothing we can do about it and no money in the world can buy his consent.”