JAKARTA The latest development of the true heavyweight match plan between Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk is reportedly the organizer in Saudi Arabia, Turkey Al-Sheikh. According to the Chairman of the Saudi Arabian Kingdom Entertainment Organizing Authority, the Fury vs Usyk match will be held in Riyadh on May 18.
"I have rescheduled the match on May 18. I have guaranteed a warranty of 10 million pounds sterling for both boxers. If one of them is avoiding the obligation to fight, then he must replace the guarantee with personal money," Al-Sheikh said in a statement spread via social media.
The amount of guarantees mentioned by Al-Sheikh amounted to 10 million pounds sterling, which is more than IDR 198 billion according to the current exchange rate.
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The Fury vs Usyk duel should have been held on February 17. However, the plan fell apart after Fury suffered an injury to his right eye eyebrow during a match training session.
Fury, 35, a boxer from England, currently has a record 34-0-1 (24 KOs). He holds the WBC boxing body's version of the title. Meanwhile, Usyk is the Ukrainian champion who holds the title from four world boxing bodies: WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO. The 37-year-old boxer is also unbeaten, with a record 21-0-0 (14 KOs).
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