Finally?! Boxing gets a mega fight, Fury and Usyk agree to title unification battle

It looked like we were never going to see that game. Especially after Tyson Fury announced the end of his career. However, the English legend is back and ready to take on Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk.

Oleksandr Usyk has been asking for a fight with Tyson Fury for a long time, but so far it never happened. Even despite various statements between the two fighters in the media.

Moreover, it already looked like boxing fans were out of options when the Englishman retired, but now he is back.

And he is still in form, having beaten Derek Chisora at Tottenham Hotspur Football Club Stadium in early December. It was the Ukrainian fighter who last took to the ring in August when he beat Anthony Joshua, derailing plans for a British mega-fight.

Even with that, however, it will be a fight that boxing needs. After 20 long years, we could see all four major world titles unified. Promoter Bob Arum has revealed that both Fury and Usyk have agreed to face each other.

It’s worth noting that Fury holds the WBC title, while Usyk has unified the WBO, WBA and IBF titles. Moreover, the fight is expected to take place on British soil and quite possibly in early 2023. Specifically, in the first four months.

“I have good experience with Fury and Usyk. There’s not much bad blood between them. Usyk is a good friend of mine, he’s very intelligent. Tyson is Superman, he’s great as an athlete and as a personality,” Arum told Sky Sports.

“They both want the fight. There will be very few, if any, obstacles in their way. We’ll be able to make this fight happen, I’m sure of it. Plus, they have both agreed that they won’t fight anywhere else before then,” he added.

Arum hinted that the fight could take place at London’s Wembley, where the capacity for boxing tournaments is set at 95,000 spectators.

The last man to hold all four titles was Lennox Lewis 20 years ago. After his demise in 2003, the titles were shared by brothers Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, who understandably refused to fight each other.

Source: Sky Sports