According to the functionary, a unification fight between Usyk and Fury could take place at the end of 2022 or at the beginning of 2023 in the Middle East.

Usyk needs to beat Fury. He must win. Just like we did with Joshua. We intend to fight Fury late this year or early next year in the Middle East," in an interview with ESNEWS YouTube channel.

On the night of August 21, 2022, Usyk defeated Joshua by a 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 Whyte 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 the challenge of Usyk 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.

In addition, the WBC gave Fury time 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.