JAKARTA Due heavyweight boxers Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk agreed to fight. Both of them got into the ring to unification for world heavyweight titles.
The fight was confirmed by veteran boxing promoter Bob Arum. This duel is also likely to take place early next year in England.
"The two boxers have agreed to fight," the 91-year-old promoter told Sky Sports.
Both names currently hold the four main heavyweight world title belts. Therefore, their much-anticipated battle will determine the undisputed world heavyweight championship.
Fury has just beaten England rival Derek Chisora for the third time to defend his WBC title earlier this month.
Meanwhile, Usyk holds the IBF, IBO, WBO and WBA championship belts, after defeating Anthony Joshua in a rematch last August at King Abdullah Sports City, Saudi Arabia.
"Now the question is the date and where it is. But that fight will definitely occur in the first four months of next year," said Bob.
Apart from England, the Middle East is also included in the option to stage the fight. However, Wembley Stadium is currently included in the favorite venue for the big duel.
"Going back to Wembley and fighting in front of 95,000 spectators for me really excited. It was crazy. It would be amazing," he said.
Currently, Lennox Lewis is universally still recognized as the number one heavyweight in the world. After retiring in 2003 the division was dominated by Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko.
The two brothers held the four main titles at the same time. However, of course they will never fight each other.
Tyson Fury then beat Wladimir Klitschko in 2015 to unravel the three belts, while Deontay Wilder won the WBC crown the same year.
Fury was out of boxing for two years. Anthony Joshua then brought together the WBO, WBA and IBF titles in an impressive series of wins. However, he never fought Wilder.
Wilder then lost his WBC title in 2020 after losing to Fury and could not reclaim the belt a year later for losing the rematch.
The clash between Joshua and Fury, who both came from England when they won, has never been united. Joshua then lost twice to Usyk.
Successfully defeating Joshua made Usyk a major threat to Fury. Usyk and Fury are now boxers from the top two heavyweights in the world so their duel to decide who is number one is highly anticipated.
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