Oleksandr Usyk: record, next fight and profile →
The date of Tyson Fury’s fight against Oleksandr Usyk will mostly depend upon him emerging unscathed from his exhibition with Francis Ngannou. Turki Alalshikh, chairman of The General Entertainment Authority of Saudi Arabia, wants Fury and Usyk to square off as
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has two fights ahead of him. On October 28th, Fury will take part in a non-title fight when he collided with former UFC champion Francis Ngannou in a crossover boxing match in Saudi Arabia.
Tyson Fury is set to break the bank in back-to-back bouts. The WBC heavyweight beltholder Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs) will first face MMA star Francis Ngannou in a boxing match later this month, and soon after that, unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) for the undisputed title.
Former super middleweight champion Carl Froch is over the moon with the recent news that a deal was finalized for an undisputed fight between heavyweight world champions Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk.
Francis Ngannou clearly didn’t get the same script as everyone else. The former UFC heavyweight champion was seemingly befuddled, if not a little chagrined, at the news unveiled on Friday that Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk had signed a contract to face each other for the undisputed heavyweight championship in Saudi Arabia, reportedly on Dec. 23 or in January.
It wasn’t the “huge” fight in Saudi Arabia that he was trying to get over the line, but promoter Eddie Hearn nevertheless had high praise for a rival outfit’s groundbreaking deal.
It has now been confirmed by both sides, that WBC and Lineal heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury will take on WBO/WBA/IBF/IBO champion Oleksandr Usyk in an epic showdown to crown the division’s first undisputed champion since Lennox Lewis in 1999.
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk are clear to meet for the undisputed heavyweight title. Filip Hrgovic is the mandatory challenger for Usyk's IBF belt but the governing body have given their consent for a fight between Fury and Usyk to happen by March 2024.
Promoter Frank Warren believes Zhilei Zhang can finish what Daniel Dubois started but failed to complete against Oleksandr Usyk. The Queensberry Promotions head sang the praises of China’s Zhang, his new heavyweight client, after Zhang brutally
Joe Joyce realizes that Daniel Dubois just as easily could’ve been declared a fifth-round knockout winner over Oleksandr Usyk as a ninth-round knockout loser.