The heavyweight title fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usik has been postponed until May.
The fight between Ukrainian Alexander Usik and Briton Tyson Fury will take place in May 2024. This was announced by the promotion company Queensberry Promotions on Saturday, February 3.
“The undisputed heavyweight title fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usik has been rescheduled for May 18 in Riyadh,” the statement said.
A day before it became known that the Briton was seriously injured in sparring at a training camp. Photos of Fury’s cut appeared on the Internet, and the promotion company Queensberry Promotions announced the impossibility of carrying out the fight on February 17.
This is the second postponement of the fight between Usik and Fury. Initially, the boxers planned the fight on December 23, 2023, but it was postponed following the results of Fury’s fight with Francis Ngannou.
Source: korrespondent
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