The head of the Top Rank promotional company, Bob Arum, is sure that the issue with the place and date of the fight for the title of absolute heavyweight champion between British Tyson Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs) and Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) will be resolved next week.
The boxing parties are still waiting for an offer from investors from Saudi Arabia, and where the fight will take place will depend on how it satisfies all requests.
But the fight will be held in any case, Bob assured.
“I am very optimistic that the fight will take place,” said Arum. – Both fighters agreed to fight, the question remains with the venue. We are negotiating with the Middle East because they are supposedly going to offer the biggest prize money in the history of boxing. If so, then the fight will take place there, because money is money. Otherwise, both fighters will agree to fight this spring at Wembley. One way or another, the fight, in my opinion, will take place, and it will definitely happen within the first four months of the coming year.
“The fighters want to get the most benefit for themselves, because the age of the boxer, no matter how great it may be, is fleeting,” the functionary noted. – So the only problem is where the fight will take place. I am sure that everything will be decided next week, and we will make an official announcement of the date and venue of the fight. Fight to be – period.
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A source:
Sky Sports