Usyk - Fury: it became known who the winner of the superfight will fight

The winner of the fight between Anthony Joshua (27-3, 24 KOs) and Francis Ngannou (0-1, 0 KOs) will fight the winner of the fight between Oleksandr Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) and Tyson Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) for the title of absolute world champion in the super heavyweight category. The organizers of the Riyadh Season boxing nights in Saudi Arabia are going to implement this plan.

This was stated by promoter Eddie Hearn in an interview with the YouTube channel MMAFightingonSBN, talkSport writes. According to Joshua's representative, they are incredibly excited about this development, as they have long dreamed of fighting for all the belts of the division. At the same time, he did not specify what will happen to the rematch between Usmc and Fury, which is stipulated in the contract for the fight on May 18.

"The winner of the Joshua-Ngannou fight will meet the winner of the Fury-Usyk fight. This is a dream chance for us because we have been striving for it for so long. Joshua is going to defeat Francis Ngannou, and then he will defeat the winner of the Fury-Usyk fight and become the absolute world heavyweight champion. Joshua takes the fight with Ngannou very seriously. As if he is facing a boxer who is ten times better than Fury. Because in case of defeat, it will mean that he was beaten by a boxer with a 0-1 record," Hearn said.

It is worth noting that the confrontation between Joshua and Ngannou will take place on Friday, March 8. The athletes will fight for a maximum of ten rounds. The fight between Usyk and Fury was scheduled for February 17, but due to Tyson's dislocation, it was postponed to May.

The World Boxing Council (WBC) has proposed a number of revolutionary changes for the fight between the Ukrainian and the British. In particular, the president of the organization came up with the idea to increase the number of judges who will be counting, as well as to use a video replay system.

As OBOZ.UA previously reported, Tyson Fury's father John sharply attacked Oleksandr Usyk's team representatives after they questioned the British boxer's injury.

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