Fury should become the next rival of the Ukrainian
Egis KlimasWBA/WBO/IBF/IBO heavyweight champion manager Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs), told when the Ukrainian would be ready to fight with Tyson Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs).
“Usyk wants to have a unification fight. I hope Tyson will make a decision, and if there are no delays on his part, we will meet in February. We spent a lot of time preparing for the second fight with Joshua. It took us three and a half or four months. After the battle, Alexander returned to Ukraine.”
“So far, Usyk has returned to the front line. He went to cheer on the military. We know that the country is at war. He has his own foundation, he helps many people. He is doing his duty to the country. So now he can not prepare for battle. In a week or two, he is going to leave Ukraine for the United States. After that, he can start preparing for the fight in February.”
Earlier, Bob Arum spoke about the date of a possible fight between Usyk and Fury.
Frank Warren, Fury’s co-promoter, also claimed that the Usyk-Fury fight could take place early next year. Before that, Tyson plans to hold one more fight.
Recall that Fury was supposed to fight with Briton Anthony Joshua, but the parties failed to agree on the terms and sign a contract for the fight. Fury’s side says that AJ’s promoter Eddie Hearn is to blame for the disruption of the fight.
Fury, after defeating Dillian Whyte in April, announced his retirement twice, but the boxer never vacated the WBC championship belt. On social networks, Tyson has repeatedly discussed a possible fight with Usyk.
In his last fight for the WBA/WBO/IBF/IBO heavyweight title, Usyk defeated Anthony Joshua. Following the results of all twelve rounds, Alexander defeated Joshua by a split decision: 115-113, 116-112 and 113-115.
Immediately after defeating Anthony in a rematch, Usyk challenged WBC champion Tyson Fury to a fight. Then the Ukrainian said that the fight against Fury in December is impossible.
Source: Sportarena
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