Manager Egis Klimas named the date and place. According to him, the fight for the title of absolute heavyweight champion between the current holders of all belts Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) and Briton Tyson Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs) will take place no later than March 4 and will almost certainly take place in Saudi Arabia.
The information was asked for comment by Fury’s co-promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank. He doesn’t her
confirms: “Now we are accepting and processing all proposals for this fight from all over the world. I hope that next week we will be able to please you with an official announcement.”
Compatriot Fury: “Usyk is the best heavyweight in the world, and by a wide margin”
According to insiders, a chic featherweight fight (up to 57.2 kg) is almost ready: February 4 at Nottingham Arena (Nottingham, UK) local WBA World belt holder Lee Wood (26-2, 16 KOs) will fight with tough Mexican slugger knockout Mauricio Lara (24-2-1, 17 KOs).
The fight was supposed to take place in September of this year, but the fight was canceled at the last moment due to an injury to the champion.
It’s funny that at the end of September, the WBA demanded that Wood fight another opponent.
There is also talk that the potential date and venue for the rematch for the WBO super lightweight title (up to 63.5 kg) between Britons Josh Taylor (19-0, 13 KOs) and Jack Catterall (25-1, 13 KOs) has once again changed. KO).
In October, columnist Mike Copinger stated that the event would take place on February 4 in Britain. Now they say that the fight will take place on March 4.
However, this date is also not final – everything will depend on Usyk and Fury. If they confirm that their fight will take place on that day, then the rematch between Taylor and Catterall will be pushed back again.
The first fight between them took place in February – Taylor fell, with difficulty he defended the title of the absolute. The verdict of the battle turned out to be very controversial.