Oleksandr Usyk's assistant coach, Sergey Lapin, believes a fight with WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury would be a "chess match."

There is a huge size disparity, with Fury holding a tremendous physical edge over Usyk, who last year outboxed Anthony Joshua over twelve rounds to capture the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world titles.

Before an undisputed fight can take place, Usyk will first take part in a rematch with Joshua - with their second fight slated to take place in the coming months.

Fury is planning to make a defense of his title in late March.

If both champions win, the stage will be set for an undisputed showdown.

“If you remember a year ago, fans were waiting for a fight for the undisputed world champion in the heavyweight division between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua - but literally in a moment, everything changed. At this stage, I think everything is possible, everything is constantly changing. The battle for undisputed champion in the heavyweight division is a very cool event that has not been held for more than 20 years," Lapin told MyBettingSites.

“If this fight between my fighter Usyk and Tyson Fury took place, it would really be a confrontation between two guys with high boxing IQ. It seems to me the fight would be more like a chess game, and victory will be in the hands of the one who will perform his task as productively as possible. To date, there is no exact information about this fight, but recently I noticed that there is a lot of talk about it. Perhaps we will find out something interesting very soon."

If a fight between Fury and Usyk came together, the unified champion would have no problem traveling to foreign soil to take part in that contest, according to Lapin.

“Maybe it's the UK and maybe it's Saudi Arabia. Usyk is ready for any challenges, especially if he may have the opportunity to combine all the belts in heavyweight, his advantage over other heavyweight boxers is the ability to box, and it's worth a lot! Boxing is an art, and representatives of different styles arrange cool fights. Fury's style can be very dirty, if Usyk copes with Fury's dirty style, then victory will be his," Lapin said.