Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk: Gypsy King’s promoter provides exciting update

Bob Arum has boxing fans on the edge of their seats today, sharing that he is hopeful of a unification bout between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk.

After another dominant display on Saturday night, Usyk admitted that he had his eyes set on a unification bout against Fury, and only Fury.

Following his win over Joshua, Usyk admitted that:

“I want to fight him and if I am not fighting Tyson Fury, I am not fighting at all.

“Only God knows whether I will fight him or not, but all these gentlemen here around me, my team, they are going to help me.”

Immediately after the bout, Fury made a proposition of his own, saying that he would be happy to “relieve the Ukrainian dosser of his belts.”

Both men are at the top of their game and seem head and shoulders above the rest of the roster.

A unification bout between the two would see the first undisputed Heavyweight champion to be crowned in a four-belt era.

Tyson Fury’s promoter Bob Arum has released a statement on Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury, admitting that he hopes to seal the biggest fight since Ali vs Frazier.

“Top Rank and our co-promoter, Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions, are hopeful we can make the biggest heavyweight championship fight since Ali fought Frazier, Fury vs Usyk.”

This came after co-promoter Frank Warren told the BBC: “He [Fury] and Usyk would be a really good fight. It’s a fight that I think will be made because both teams would like to see that happen.”

Rumours suggest that both parties aim to make the unification bout happen on December 17th in Saudi Arabia.

This would be a rather quick turnaround for Usyk, who will be fighting to unify the belts just four months after his win over a much improved Anthony Joshua.