Boxing: Tyson Fury Vs Oleksandr Usyk In Titanic Battle
- Heavyweight unification bout calling
Expectations are already running high as the boxing world awaits the likely unification of the heavyweight division fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk.
All things being equal, both fighters will be going head-to-head in a battle of undefeated champions with draft contracts officially drawn up for the proposed fight already.
Both fighters are expected to square up against one another in the aftermath of Fury’s 10th-round TKO victory over Derek Chisora in December last year. Clearly, any potential fight between them would unify the heavyweight division.
Usyk currently holds the majority of belts following his two successive victories over Anthony Joshua. The Ukrainian’s first victory over Joshua in September 2021 won him the WBA (Super), the WBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles while his second victory over Joshua also earned him the vacant The Ring heavyweight title, previously vacated by Fury.
Each boxer is undefeated throughout their prospective career. Usyk holds a 20-0 record – 18 of those did, however, come as a cruiserweight. Meanwhile, Fury holds a 33-0-1 record, with the only blight on his record being his draw against Deontay Wilder in December 2018.
For now, no official date has been confirmed, but Tyson Fury’s promoter Frank Warren has announced his intention to get the date penned in for March 2023.
Speaking to talkSPORT, Warren said; “I want to get the fight on in March and so will Tyson. We just want to get it on in March and that’ll set them up for another big fight in the autumn.”
Hopes for the fight were given an additional boost early this January with the IBF’s decision to retract their order for Usyk to face Croatia’s Filip Hrgovic in a title defence.
All things being equal, the boxing world is warming up to the March 2023 date to watch Fury versus Usyk live and on Television. For Fury, all his fights are exclusive to the United Kingdom viewers on BT Sport Box Office, while it is not clear yet where the fight would be broadcast in the United States – With agency reports
