On the eve of the " The Briton challenged his compatriot Anthony Joshua, who was not slow to respond.

AJ agreed to fight Fury in December of this year, asking a potential opponent to contact his managers about organizing this fight..

" I don't negotiate online just for the sake of being important.. Therefore, if you are really interested, please contact 258 MGT (Joshua's agency - approx.. I'll be ready in December," We add that earlier Usyk said that he was only interested in the fight with Fury for the title of absolute world champion.. At the same time, the Ukrainian said that this year he no longer plans to enter the ring.. The Crimean intends to heal old injuries and fully recover after the rematch with Joshua, as well as spend time with his family.

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..

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..

32-year-old Joshua has 24 wins (22 by knockout) and three losses.. For the first time, AJ lost in June 2019 to Andy Ruiz, but in December of the same year he defeated the Mexican in a rematch and regained his titles.

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