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‘I’m here to put it on’: Tyson Fury reveals talks are underway to stage his undisputed fight against Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia early next year, having spoken with Prince Khalid, who was in London to close a deal deal, after beating Derek. Chisora
Tyson Fury has revealed that he spoke with Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia immediately after beating Derek Chisora regarding his impending fight against Oleksandr Usyk.
The Gypsy King stopped Chisora in a brutal 10 rounds at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday night, before bringing unified heavyweight champion Usyk to the ring immediately afterward.
There is full expectation that Fury and Usyk will now fight for all four heavyweight belts, with Fury revealing that talks are already underway to stage the fight in Saudi Arabia early next year.
Tyson Fury (left) has revealed that talks are underway to stage his fight against Oleksandr Usyk (right) in Saudi Arabia.
Fury, 34, shredded Derek Chisora on Saturday night at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Prince Khalid, the country’s defense secretary and son of King Salman, was a driving force when Fury and Anthony Joshua agreed to fight in Saudi Arabia last year, only for the fight to fall through.
This time, however, there’s no Deontay Wilder arbitration case standing in the way and, for the first time since Lennox Lewis in 1999, an undisputed heavyweight champion could be crowned.
Speaking to BT Sport about the possible Usyk fight, Fury said: ‘Let’s start the undisputed fight. I just spoke to Prince Khalid in the corridor.
“I told him, ‘Let’s not waste time, let’s end this fight.'” He said, “What do you think I’m here for? I’m here to put it on.”
“Hopefully it can be done by early next year and we can move on.”
The reigning unified heavyweight champion looked unimpressed in the ring as Fury cruised to victory ahead of a potential undisputed showdown.
If the pair fight, the winner would become the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the world since Lennox Lewis.
Fury retained his WBC crown and went undefeated in doing so with his 10-round demolition job against Chisora, with his record now at 32-0-1.
The 34-year-old was in talks again to fight Joshua, instead of Chisora, this month, before those talks also fell through.
However, after meeting Usyk in the ring after his fight against Del Boy, and after hurling a barrage of insults at the Ukrainian, it now looks like the fight will be next.
“Usyk, you’re next you little bitch,” Fury said in the ring. ‘You’re next. You and me next. You are next. Rabbit! P****! 15 little dwarf bodybuilder. Well, I’m not a bodybuilder, I’m going to rule you out.
‘I already did a Ukrainian in [Wladimir] Klitschko right? And I’ll do it to you too, gapped teeth.
‘You are an ugly little man. Let’s put it in bitch. You can laugh now, but I’ll be done with this little fool. I will kill you. Little dumb. What are you going to do? You’re going to do shit, you little sausage.
Fury celebrated with his team, including coach SugarHill Steward (right), after moving to 32-0-1 with another scintillating display
However, before Fury and Usyk can share the ring, the Gypsy King will need to undergo elbow surgery.
“Maybe I have to have surgery on my right elbow,” he said. ‘I did the left, so I have to do it. It will take six to eight weeks to heal. We will see when we can be ready for this fight.
The Gypsy King has previously spoken about having problems with his elbows, with his father John Fury revealing after his win over Deontay Wilder last year that the problem had required medical intervention.
Tyson was badly injured before that fight,” he told BT Sport Boxing.
‘He had to have chromosome injections in both elbows. Since then she has had an operation, six hours all day in the hospital to solve them.
“I think he had some bone spurs that had to be removed, he was disabled from the start. The boxing side went out the window because he knew it was going to be that way from the start.