Tyson Fury is set to meet Oleksandr Usyk in undisputed heavyweight championship in December
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REVEALED: Tyson Fury is set to come out of ‘retirement’ to face Oleksandr Usyk in mega-money undisputed world heavyweight title fight on December 17 in Saudi Arabia… the night before the World Cup final in neighbouring Qatar
- Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk have lined up a unification bout for December 17
- The duo’s camps are negotiating terms of a undisputed heavyweight title fight
- Usyk retained his championship belts with victory over Anthony Joshua
- Fury had recently ‘retired’ but will return to the ring to fight the Ukrainian
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Tyson Fury is back on track to meet Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world in a mega-millions fight in Saudi Arabia.
Team Fury are in talks worth even more than Saturday’s £85million bonanza here which saw Ukraine war hero Usyk keep his WBA, IBF and WBO belts. The fight to unite those titles with Fury’s WBC belt is pencilled in for December 17.
That is the night before the 2022 World Cup final in neighbouring Qatar and the fight would intensify the focus on the Middle East.
Tyson Fury will come out of his recent retirement to fight Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk
Usyk retained his WBA, IBF and WBO belts with victory over Anthony Joshua on Saturday
Prince Mohammad Abdulaziz, the Saudi minister for sport, confirmed: ‘We are very interested in the fight for the undisputed heavyweight title. We are looking to do that in the city of Riyadh.’
Fury (pictured above) has often been labelled as the best heavyweight fighter in the division
After beating Joshua for a second time, 35-year-old Usyk said: ‘The fight with Fury is the only one I want. If that doesn’t happen I may not fight again. But I do believe we are going to fight each other soon.’
Fury took the first step towards retracting his latest retirement claim by belittling the efforts of Usyk and Joshua — ‘They were s*** and I’d beat them both on the same night’ — then proclaiming: ‘The Gypsy King is here to stay for ever so get your f****** cheque book out.’
Usyk outclassed Joshua during their hard-fought rematch in Saudi Arabia on Saturday
The Ukrainian war hero now has his sights set on a unification bout with Brit Fury in December
The WBC have given Fury until Friday to unretire before declaring their title vacant. Fury has talked of expecting £420m to re-enter the fray.
He will have to modify that demand but can expect to pick up £45m-£50m from a fight package worth at least £125m.