Checklist: Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk pushed encourage months two months

Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk is being pushed encourage.

The extremely anticipated undisputed heavyweight title combat will occur in February, moderately than December, in step with a document Tuesday by ESPN. No particular February date used to be talked about within the document, although Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is restful expected to be the host city.

The Fury vs. Usyk plans had been within the starting set announced earlier than Fury’s non-title combat against Francis Ngannou this previous Saturday. The bout used to be before every thing expected for Dec. 23, Then again, Ngannou gave Fury a much more challenging combat than expected, took him to a spoil up decision and derailed plans for a brief return to the ring. Fury sustained two cuts within the combat against Ngannou and used to be also knocked down.

Fury, who holds the WBC heavyweight title, obtained permission from the WBC to combat Ngannou in a 10-spherical, non-title combat. The outspoken Englishman most no longer too prolonged ago defended his WBC title in December 2022 when he stopped Derek Chisora in Round 10. Fury obtained the WBC title from Deontay Wilder in 2020 and has defended it three instances since.

Meanwhile, Usyk most no longer too prolonged ago fought in August, when he defended his WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO titles in a knockout to find over Daniel Dubois. Forward of that, Usyk picked up two decision wins over English star Anthony Joshua.

Fury vs. Usyk is the most attention-grabbing combat to function in heavyweight boxing, in step with many pundits and followers. It’s been within the making for the final couple of years, because the two have established themselves because the most attention-grabbing heavyweights this day.