The fight for the title of absolute world heavyweight champion between Oleksandr Usyk and Briton Tyson Fury will take precedence over the mandatory defense of the WBA belt.

This was stated by insider Mike Coppinger on Twitter.

He recalled that Dubois and Fury have one promoter - Frank Warren.

" Both Fury and Dubois promote Warren. But Dubois will be next in line for a mandatory fight.. There is a rotation for the unified champions and it is now established that he is next," Recall that the World Boxing Association (WBA) obliged Usyk to defend his title. The required applicant is Briton Daniel Dubois..

Earlier, the IBF also ordered Usyk to fight against mandatory challenger Philip Hrgovic..

The 35-year-old Usyk has 20 wins (13 by knockout) in 20 fights.

He held four of them at heavyweight.. 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..

On the night of August 21, 2022, Alexander defeated Briton Anthony Joshua 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..