The promoter said that the parties quickly agreed on a new date for the fight
Alexander Krasyukpromoter of the world champion according to WBO/WBA/IBF/IBO versions Alexandra Usikasaid that negotiations regarding the date of the fight for the undisputed title with the holder of the WBC belt Tyson Fury went by very quickly.
“Is it true that negotiations for the fight with Fury lasted two days? No, they actually lasted 15-20 minutes.”
“I’ll explain why. Manager Fury, Frank and George Warren, myself and Usyk worked together. Tyson was not with us, so we agreed on a date with people from Saudi Arabia. We tried to be very accommodating. We understood that it was impossible to fight on December 23, because Fury was beaten badly in the ring. So if we insisted on this date, it would not bring any positive results. This is an unconstructive position.”
“We discussed several dates and settled on one. The organizers slightly rearranged the schedule of other events, and here we are.”
The Usik-Fury fight for the title of absolute heavyweight champion will officially take place on February 17 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Initially, the event was planned to be organized on December 23. However, it later became clear that the “Gypsy King” would not have time to prepare for this time after the fight with Francis Ngannou at the end of October.
Fury defeated Ngannou via split decision. It was reported that the Briton received two cuts in a fight with the former UFC champion.
Usik fought his last fight on August 27 in Wroclaw, Poland. The Ukrainian knocked out Daniel Dubois in the 9th round and defended his championship titles.
Source: Sportarena
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