The fight for the “absolute” is closer than expected: the media announced the date and place of the fight between Usyk and Fury

22 August 2022, 13:42 | Sports
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The fight for the title of absolute world heavyweight champion between Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk and Briton Tyson Fury may take place at the end of 2022.

Daily Mail reports..

It is noted that the fight for the " The venue for this fight media called Saudi Arabia. The parties have already begun discussing the heavyweight championship fight. The new mega fight in Saudi Arabia is expected to have an even bigger prize pool than the fight between Usyk and Joshua on August 20, when each of the boxers earned about $40 million.. The total honorary fund is 125 million pounds.

Prince Mohammed Abdulaziz, Minister of Sports of Saudi Arabia, confirmed: We are very interested in the battle for the undisputed heavyweight title. We are going to fight this battle in the city of Riyadh.

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

In a rematch held in the city of Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Usyk defeated Joshua by a split decision of the judges: 113-115, 115-113, 116-112. Thus, the Ukrainian defended all the titles that he took away from the Briton in London last year, and also won the vacant belt of The Ring magazine.

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. On the night of April 24, \;

2022 FIFA World Cup Final 18 December.

In addition, the WBC gave Fury until Friday, August 26, so that he clearly decides whether he is ending his career before declaring the title vacant..




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