The fight for the title of absolute world champion in heavyweight boxing between the British Tyson Fury and Ukrainian Alexander Usik will take place on February 17 in Saudi Arabia.
The new date of the match, postponed for almost two months, with reference to the organizers reported ESPN edition.
The fight was originally scheduled for December 23, but after “The Gypsy King” barely won a split decision over Francis Ngannou on October 28, knocking him down in the process, the British team said they needed more time to recover and prepare for the next fight.
Tyson Fury last defended his WBC title last December, knocking out Dereck Chisora in the tenth round, while Alexander Usik successfully defended his WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO titles in August, knocking out Daniel Dubois in the ninth round.
Note that in the fight with the former UFC champion, the Briton did not risk his championship belt, although the ten-round fight had professional status.
Source: https://fighttime.ru/news/item/33159-novaya-data-boya-mezhdu-fyuri-i-usikom-ob-yavlena-ofitsialno.html?rand=19907
