Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk have agreed to struggle one another subsequent in a world heavyweight title unification bout, in keeping with veteran boxing promoter Bob Arum.
Fury defeated his British rival Derek Chisora for the third time in his profession to retain his WBC title earlier this month.
He then referred to as out Ukrainian hero Usyk, the IBF, IBO, WBO and WBA belt-holder, who was ringside on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Following that struggle, the 34-year-old Fury forecast a conflict with Usyk, both in Saudi Arabia or Britain, someday in February or March.
“The 2 fighters have agreed to struggle one another subsequent,” the 91-year-old Arum advised Sky Sports activities on Tuesday.
“With Fury and Usyk we’re coping with two adults, not a number of (garbage) backwards and forwards. Usyk is an effective buddy of mine, he is very clever and Tyson is Superman, each as an athlete and as an mind.”
The American, concerned in a few of Muhammad Ali’s celebrated contests of the Nineteen Seventies, added: “So they need the struggle. Each of them need the struggle and so there will be little or no, if any, (messing) round.
“Now the query is what is the date and what is the web site. However that struggle is certainly going to occur and it’ll occur within the first 4 months of subsequent yr.”
Usyk, 35, has twice defeated Anthony Joshua, firstly depriving the Briton of his world titles at Tottenham in September final yr earlier than defeating him once more in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, this July.
This September, he stated of a potential contest with Fury: “I would love to see this struggle occur subsequent yr.
“We have no idea what’s on his thoughts. That is Tyson Fury, everybody is aware of that he’s a really loopy child.”
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