WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO World Heavyweight Champion Anthony Joshua was given 48 hours to negotiate a unification fight with WBC belt holder Tyson Fury.

" Otherwise, he will be obliged to defend his belt in a fight with mandatory challenger Alexander Usik, " Tendril is a must-have contender for the WBO belt that Joshua owns. A.J. was supposed to defend the title in a fight with Alexander, but postponed the fight with the Ukrainian in order to fight with his compatriot Tyson Fury for the title of the undisputed world heavyweight champion.

Fight between British champions scheduled for August 14 in Saudi Arabia. However, the court ordered Fury to hold a third fight with American Deontay Wilder..

Usyk defeated Derek Chisora \u200b\u200bin the last fight and defended the title of mandatory contender for the WBO belt. Alexander won all of his 18 career fights, two of which he spent in the heavyweight division.

On account of 31-year-old Joshua 24 wins (22 - by KO) in the professionals with one defeat. In the last fight in December last year, he knocked out the Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev.

Earlier TSN Prosport wrote that Usyk recorded a "