November 11th 2023.
Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury were set for a heavyweight title showdown earlier this year, but the fight fell through in April. Last month, a deal was struck for them to meet on 23 February in Saudi Arabia following Fury’s fight with Francis Ngannou.
Fury was left battered and bruised in the non-title bout, and the date with Usyk was pushed back to February so he could have more time to recover. However, Usyk is still not fully convinced that the fight will go ahead as planned. He said: “I´m not 100% sure. I will be sure when I´m the ring. I want this to work out, I want this fight to happen. The fact that it is postponed is no problem to me. I´m satisfied. I don’t care about material things. I care for the path I follow.”
Nevertheless, Saudi Arabia still plans to host a major boxing event on 23 December, and Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder are reportedly close to finalising deals to fight in separate bouts on that night. There is also hope that the two fighters can be brought back to the region to fight each other later in 2021.
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