After months of negotiations, Tyson Fury will finally meet Oleksandr Usyk in the ring to decide the first four-belt undisputed heavyweight champion.
The undefeated Heavyweight champion, Fury and the
Ukrainian champion will meet in Saudi Arabia at the end of the year in
an undisputed clash, according to the WBC champion’s UK promoters.
The
news comes after months of negotiations between Fury and Usyk were
expected to settle the undisputed status, but talks broke up earlier in
the year.
That led Usyk to face mandatory challenger Daniel
Dubois in Poland last month, where he won a controversial match by
stoppage in the ninth round.
Fury has not been in the ring
since last December when he took on Derek Chisora in a trilogy rematch,
and has since organised a clash with former UFC heavyweight champion
Francis Ngannou for October 28, to be shown live on TNT Sports
pay-per-view.
Fury will not defend his WBC strap against Ngannou, so there is no risk of him losing the belt even in defeat.
Tyson Fury and his promoter, Queensberry Promotions tweeted an image confirming the deal.
Saudi
Arabia has hosted a number of big boxing events in recent years,
including Anthony Joshua’s rematch with Usyk last August, and Joshua’s
rematch with Andy Ruiz.
Usyk holds the WBA, WBO and IBF
championship belts. The fight will settle once and for all the best
heavyweight boxer in the world.
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