There is the fight between Tony Yoka and Carlos Takam this Saturday evening at the Zenith in Paris, live on Canal + from 9 p.m. Among the heavyweights in France, it is THE fight that will decide the future of the two best Frenchmen of this last decade in the category. At the level above, there is in the queen category another fight eagerly awaited by boxing fans: that’s good, it’s coming.
On April 29, Wembley Stadium in London, where nearly 80,000 people will crowd for the occasion, will host the fight of the year, perhaps of the decade. British heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will challenge his main challenger, Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk. You can’t do better right now in the noble art with the two best heavyweights, maybe even the best two on this planet face to face.
Coming out of retirement at the end of 2022 to beat fellow Briton Derek Chisora, Tyson Fury holds the WBC belt. Winner last summer of Anthony Joshua, the Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk has the IBF-WBA-WBO belts. The winner will bring together all the belts and will be THE true world champion, without contest. Both men are also still undefeated.
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After sweeping Chisora in early December, Fury, in his signature style, directly challenged Usyk, who was present for the occasion. “You ugly little 95 kg man, let’s go! You’re next, little sausage! I have already beaten a Ukrainian, Vladimir Klitschko, “said the Gipsy King, among other insults. “We will see each other again,” Usyk promised him, straight in the eye, for what will be the first unification fight for an English heavyweight since Lennox Lewis in 1999.
The two boxers therefore agreed this Friday to mount this long-awaited shock. The combat purse, not communicated at this stage, will reach new heights. According to the Ukrainian’s lawyer, the agreement concerns a 70%-30% contract in favor of the Briton. But both fighters are likely to pocket a few million euros, whoever wins.