The fight for the title of absolute champion of the heavyweight division between the current holders of all titles Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) and Briton Tyson Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs) will take place on April 29 at Wembley Stadium (London, England).
This is reported
Daily Mail. According to the source, the option of holding the fight in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) has finally disappeared – allegedly they will not have time to complete the construction of a new stadium there. And it will not be possible to reschedule the fight, since the boxer from Ukraine has obligations to applicants from the WBA, IBF and WBO – Daniel Dubois, Philip Hrgovic and Joe Joyce.
A source claims that Fury’s promoter Frank Warren (queensberry promotions) has already booked the arena for April 29th. Now it remains to agree with Usyk – earlier in the British team they said that if this fight takes place on their territory, then the Ukrainian should not count on the distribution of the prize fund in the 50/50 ratio, which was promised earlier.
A final decision is expected to be made this week. If an agreement fails, then Fury will fight there with someone else. It is possible that in this case, the chance to determine the first absolute heavyweight champion in the era of four belts will be lost.
Meanwhile, Fury admitted that he was disappointed with the progress on Usyk. The other day, Joshua’s opponent shared a weighted prediction for this fight.