Breaking
BOXING

Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk undisputed championship fight welcomed by WBC; Deontay Wilder to face winner in 2023?

By
Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr
Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk

Tyson Fury will be able to fight Oleksandr Usyk before he has to make a mandatory defence of his WBC title; Deontay Wilder will box one-time Anthony Joshua conqueror Andy Ruiz to set up a potential fourth contest with Fury

The time is right for Tyson Fury to meet Oleksandr Usyk in an undisputed heavyweight championship fight early in 2023, according to WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman.

READ MORE :Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk: Talks for undisputed heavyweight title clash to get underway next week, reveals Bob Arum

For the fight to take place, Fury would have to come through next week’s voluntary defence of the WBC title against Derek Chisora.

But he will not be forced to box a mandatory challenger before a fight with Usyk, the unified WBO, IBF and WBA heavyweight titlist, if that bout can be made next.

Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk

Sulaiman told Sky Sports: “There has been real interest in having Fury against Usyk take place, that would be a great possibility and then the winner would have to fight the WBC mandatory once that is confirmed.”
Sulaiman points out that the WBC has supported previous, failed endeavours to make the undisputed heavyweight championship fight. When Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua held all the major titles between them, talks took place to match those two fighters. Those negotiations ultimately collapsed and efforts to make Joshua versus Fury for all the belts also came to nothing in recent years.

“The WBC has been extremely supportive of unification bouts,” Sulaiman explained.

JUST IN :Anthony Joshua told he fits ‘nowhere’ in Tyson Fury’s future plans and must take fight with Joe Joyce or Daniel Dubois if he wants to get back

Related Posts