Oleksandr Usyk had a imaginative and prescient of tens of tens of millions of {dollars} taking place the drain whereas watching Tyson Fury’s scrap with Francis Ngannou within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Saturday night time.
Usky, the reigning WBA (Tremendous), IBF, WBO, IBO, and The Ring heavyweight world champion, was in attendance at Kingdom Enviornment in Riyadh to absorb the crossover conflict between WBC titleholder Tyson Fury and former UFC heavyweight king Francis Ngannou. Although solely a spectator on the night time, Usky’s presence on the occasion was simply as a lot enterprise because it was pleasure.
After months of negotiations, a long-awaited bout between Fury and Usky seems to be on faucet for early 2024, however these plans almost went up in smoke when Ngannou blasted ‘The Gypsy King’ with a counter-left that despatched him crashing to the canvas. It was a second that had onlookers surprised, together with Usky, who couldn’t conceal his look of concern moments after the surprising knockdown.
Oleksandr Usyk’s Combat with Tyson Fury Moved to 2024
Happily, for Usky, Tyson Fury was in a position to reply the ten-count and stormed again, securing a cut up choice win over Ngannou, although the outcome did include a good quantity of controversy. However that’s just about par for the course within the sport of boxing.
With Fury popping out on prime, his title unification conflict with Oleksandr Usyk is alive and nicely. Nevertheless, struggle followers should wait a bit longer than the beforehand introduced December 23 date. Based on boxing promoter Frank Warren, the bout shall be moved to early subsequent yr, making certain ‘The Gypsy King’ has sufficient time to heal and put together for the competition.
“Tyson can’t be going right into a camp after a troublesome struggle like that. That’s eight weeks away. He wants at the least a little bit of time to get himself, his physique, again into form. Let it heal. Then get right into a camp. Will probably be on early subsequent yr,” Warren defined.”‘Riyadh season’ finishes in March, so [Fury-Usyk] may happen up till March.”
