Tyson Fury: record, next fight and profile →
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.
Former super middleweight champion Carl Froch was far from impressed with the recent training videos of Francis Ngannou. The former UFC champion is scheduled to take on Tyson Fury, the WBC champion, in a non-title match on October 28 in Saudi Arabia.
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.
John Fury had a hard time believing what he was seeing. The father of WBC titlist Tyson Fury was shocked by former UFC champion Francis Ngannou’s boxing ability during a media workout in Las Vegas ahead of Ngannou’s boxing debut against Fury on Oct. 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Fury’s title, however, will not be at stake.
Francis Ngannou Training Camp Photos Gallery - Lineal & WBC heavyweight boxing champion Tyson "The Gypsy King" Fury and lineal heavyweight MMA king Francis Ngannou are scheduled to collide in a 10-round boxing match on Saturday, October 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in an epic showdown between two giants of their fields, which will mark the opening of this year's Riyadh Season. (photos by Mikey Williams)