In less than a month we will see a heavyweight fight between WBC champion Tyson Fury and WBA, WBO and IBF champion Oleksandr Usyk in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The fight, which was postponed in February after Fury was knocked out in a sparring match, will take place on May 18, and is said to be the first back-to-back fight between the couple because of a rematch clause.
However, with Anthony Joshua impressing Otto Wallin and taking on Francis Ngannou, some want to see Fury – if he wins – face Joshua.
An all-British heavyweight title fight has been on the wish lists of British boxing fans for years, and Turki Alashh is expected to appear at Wembley later this year in what could be a huge fight. than Fury vs Joshua?
However, Usyk is the favorite among some commentators and has a dream to return to his country despite the problems in Ukraine. Despite Joshua’s position, WBC president Mauricio Suleiman said his organization has approved two fights between Fury and Usyk, so a new petition must be filed to veer from that direction.
“The WBC received the petition and the [WBC internal] board of directors voted and [they] agreed to the unification fight and the rematch, so that’s our decision,” Suleiman said. Of course, if there is a different petition, the WBC board will discuss and vote, but right now, the fight [Fury-Usyk] is being petitioned and the rematch, yes.
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Suleiman understands the desire of the British people for “The Furious Joshua” because it is not as exciting as 2024, it is not like the market or it is not like a sports event like that in 2024, and Suleiman will see Joshua re-establish himself this year. improve and rebuild brutal momentum.
“Everybody has been wanting to see [Tyson] Fury-[Anthony] Joshua for a long time, and Joshua looks really good,” Suleiman said. ——Joshua is ranked number one in the WBC. He has been the reigning WBC world boxing champion for a long time. Although he is the second champion of the WBC, he has opportunities in other organizations, but I really like him. Overall, he’s a great guy, a great guy in the sport, and [Fury-Joshua] is going to be a tough fight.
However, Suleiman also sympathized with Ukraine’s plight since its invasion of Russia two years ago, admitting that while England wanted to play in the air, Ukraine needed heroes. , Usyk may be the tonic.
– I mean, Ukraine has traveled a lot, just boxers coming out in the ring, [Serhii] Bohachuk has won the [interim WBC] title – he was just in Mexico – [Vasiliy ] Lomachenko to Australia to try to win. Title fight [against Kambosos], then [Alexander] Gvozdyk vs. [David] Benavidez… The power behind a country that is under attack must be strong, the whole spirit of the country is boxing, so it is a very good time for Ukrainian boxing [Usyk’s victory.
Tris Dixon covered her first boxing match in 1996. Trust funds and fraternity circles. He is a former boxing announcer for TNT Sports and hosts the popular Boxing Life Stories podcast. Dixon is a member of the British Boxing Association, a voter in the International Boxing Hall of Fame, a member of The Ring’s executive committee, and the author of five boxing books, including Injury: The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing , Fighter : A fighter’s search for identity and a path that leads nowhere: a journey into the boxing wilderness.