2023-09-29 20:00:15
An agreement has been reached for a fight to unify the world heavyweight boxing belts between the British Tyson Fury and the Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk, possibly on December 23, promoter Frank Warren announced on Friday.
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TYSON FURY VS OLEKSANDR USYK C’EST OFFICIAL ! ✅
The two men will face each other on December 23 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ????????✨
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The long-awaited fight will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between Fury (35 years old), holder of the WBC belt in the category, and Usyk (36 years old), who barely retained the WBA, IBF and WBO titles against British hopeful Daniel Dubois at the end of August.
“Heavyweights always capture the imagination of fans, and I have no doubt that this will be the biggest boxing event of the century,” commented Warren. And added: “This is the biggest fight that can be possible in our sport. » Fury has won 33 fights (1 draw) since his professional debut in 2008. Also undefeated, Usyk has won all 21 of his professional fights. He conquered the three belts in September 2021 against Anthony Joshua, before retaining them during a rematch organized in August 2022. He barely kept them on August 26 in Wroclaw in Poland against British hopeful Daniel Dubois.
This last fight was organized at the request of the WBA, after the failure of negotiations to organize a unification fight against Fury. The latter was held responsible for this failure and targeted by criticism, after the abandonment of a clash initially scheduled for April at Wembley.
The winner of the Fury-Usyk duel will become the first boxer to have all four heavyweight belts since Briton Lennox Lewis in 1999.
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