The head of the promotional company Top Rank, Bob Arum, shared his expectations from a possible confrontation for the absolute world heavyweight champion and assessed the capabilities of Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury in the fight.

" Fury and Usyk own all the belts. What could be better? No one would say that if we arrange this fight, then one of them should then fight with someone else, this is the best option for each of the athletes, so I think that organizing this fight will not be difficult.

Usyk has an incredible boxing mind and the heart of an absolute lion. When Joshua landed some hard punches on Usyk in the ninth round, as you saw, Usyk came back in the 10th round.. This return was wonderful.. He has the same punching intensity as Tyson.

Tyson is always in better shape after going through adversity. When you knock Tyson down, you have to be very careful. When he rises, he shows his best qualities. The same can be said about Usyk. Honestly, I thought that the ninth round would be the last for Usyk, but he was able to show character. I've never seen a heavyweight throw so many punches,"

On the night of August 21, 2022, Usyk defeated Joshua by split decision in a rematch, which took place in the city of Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). Thus, the Ukrainian defended all the titles taken from AJ last fall, and also won the vacant belt of The Ring magazine..

Fury on the night of April 24, 2022 knocked out his compatriot Dillian White and retained the WBC title, after which he announced his retirement.

Thus, in a potential fight between Usyk and Fury, four main belts (WBA, WBO, IBF, WBC) and the title of absolute world heavyweight champion will be at stake..

Previously, Fury harshly criticized the Usyk-Joshua rematch, calling both boxers " At the same time, he stated that he was ready to accept Usyk's challenge and fight him if his condition was met..

Now the 35-year-old Usyk has 20 wins (13 by knockout) in 20 fights. He held four of them in the heavyweight division.. Before that, Alexander became the absolute world champion in the cruiserweight (weight category up to 90.7 kg), having won all four of the most prestigious belts there..

The 33-year-old Fury has 32 wins (23 by knockout) and one draw.

The WBC has given Fury until Friday, August 26th to decide clearly whether he is ending his career before declaring the title vacant.. In turn, Tyson delivered an ultimatum regarding the unification fight with Usyk.