WBC heavyweight title holder

Tyson Fury

commented on a potential match with WBO, WBA, IBO and IBF champion Oleksandr Usyk.

"The rest had diapers when I thought about Klitschko. They didn't even think about them. Usyk? When he became a professional? And Joshua? 2012, 2013? When they boxed at the 2012 Olympics, I was already in the best yatirs in the world.

Fought in an eliminator against Cunningham at Madison Square Garden.

And Usyk and Joshua were still jumping in the ring in their T-shirts, so I didn't think about them.

And when Anthony appeared on the horizon, I had a break in my career.

Usyk was never in my thoughts at all.

Where did he even come from?

Suddenly, this Ukrainian moved up in weight, beat Joshua, took away all the recognition Anthony had been building for years.

Usyk is a worthy opponent, but five years ago he was a nobody, nobody even thought about him," Fury told The Fight Within.

We will remind, earlier Usyk's promoter

confirmed the

agreement with Fury regarding holding a unification match.

Its winner will become the absolute heavyweight champion of the world.

The date and place of the fight have not yet been officially announced.

  • 35-year-old Usyk has 20 victories (13 by knockout) in 20 fights.

    He spent four of them in the heavyweight division.

    Before that, Oleksandr became the absolute world champion in cruiserweight (weight category up to 90.7 kg), winning all four of the most prestigious belts there.

  • On the night of August 21, 2022, Alexander 

    defeated the

     British Anthony Joshua in a rematch, which took place in the city of Jeddah (Saudi Arabia).

    Thus, the Ukrainian defended all the titles he 

    took

     from AJ last fall, and also won the vacant 

    belt from The Ring magazine

    .

  • The 34-year-old Fury has 33 wins (24 by knockout) and one draw.

    On the night of December 4, 2022, the "Gypsy King" returned to the ring and 

    defeated

     his compatriot Derek Chisora ​​by knockout.

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