The event will take place on February 17 in Saudi Arabia
Former world light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev will perform on the undercard of the fight for the title of absolute world heavyweight champion between the holder of the WBO/WBA/IBF/IBO heavyweight titles Alexander Mustache and WBC champion Tyson Fury.
The rival of 40-year-old Kovalev will be the hitherto undefeated Swede Robin Safar. The fight will take place in the heavyweight division. Let us remember that in his last fight Kovalev defeated the Bulgarian Pulev, and before that he was defeated by Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in a rematch in the light heavyweight division.
Earlier, the first pair of boxers who will fight on the undercard of the fight between Usik and Fury became known. The head-to-head match will feature IBF super featherweight world champion Joe Cordina from Wales and IBO title holder Anthony Cacace from Northern Ireland.
The Usik-Fury fight for the title of absolute heavyweight champion will officially take place on February 17 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Initially, the fight was planned to be organized on December 23 in Riyadh. However, it later became clear that Tyson 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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