WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has promised to ‘crush’ Oleksandr Usyk if the fight goes as planned.
A win for both would cement their place among the greats and claim their first undisputed heavyweight throne since Lennox Lewis, as long as Fury settles. disagreement with IBF.
While the negotiations are ongoing, there seems to be an atmosphere of confidence that the fight will take place next year, with Usyk’s team set the deadline for March 4.
With its remarkable size, Fury feels that this fight will be easier than the fans predicted, when he faced the undisputed former cruiser class champion. However, it is increasingly likely that Fury will not get the home field advantage he so desperately craves, with the match seemingly heading to the Middle East, instead of Wembley StadiumI said walkie talkie.
“We have the best fans in the world, and if you want to watch an authentic boxing match, you want to do it at home at a stadium in England.
Ideally I’d play Usyk at Wembley Stadium, it’s a big game but my supporters Frank Warren and Bob Arum have interest from the Middle East. So we’re waiting for the offer to come, if they do, they do, and if not, they don’t, so the undisputed world heavyweight championship, the last championship held by Lennox [Lewis] could take place here or in the east.”
With the deadline set, when Usyk planned to fast for the period before Easter, there was some doubt about the fight and Fury admitted that a deal must be agreed soon.
“We have the ability in a short period of time to get this on, and why is it a short period of time? There are millions of sanctioning agencies with mandatory requirements so Usyk will be dragged out of there and forced to fight his mandatory requirements. If it is not done soon it will not be done.
When I get hold of Usyk, he’ll be crushed. It’s a challenge, but he’ll run away like a little bitch all night long and I’ll hunt him down and when I catch him he’ll be crushed.
The heavyweight clash is definitely one of the must-watch games of 2023 and after a disappointing 2022, with the fall of Spence-Crawford and Fury-Joshua, it could very well be the catalyst for a strong year of the sport.
