The fight for the status of the absolute world heavyweight champion (over 90.7 kg) between Briton Tyson Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs) and Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) is now scheduled to take place in the second half of spring. This is to ESPN boxing insider Mike Coppinger.
reported his sources.
Megafight first wanted to be held in February, then – in early March, now – April 29 in Saudi Arabia.
According to the observer, Usyk closed his end of the deal with the Saudis, and now it’s Fury’s turn. If something goes wrong, the fight can take place at Wembley in London (England), although this will be the territory of one of the participants in the fight.
Ramadan ends April 21st.
Usyk – Fury. Analysis from a famous heavyweight coach
Negotiations are ongoing.
Ex-coach Fury believes that the small size will be the advantage of Usyk.
The other day, Usyk “threatened” Tyson from the pool. The Briton reacted to this in a way that was not expected of him.