The date of the fight for the title of absolute world heavyweight boxing champion between Ukrainian Alexander Usik and British Tyson Fury has been announced.
According to information ESPNAthletes will compete in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on February 17, 2024.
It became known for the first time that the fight between Alexander Usik and Tyson Fury was broken up on March 2, 2023. The fight between these rivals was scheduled for April 2023 and then moved to December. However, later the organizers decided to postpone the fight due to the meeting between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou on October 28, 2023.
Usyk had his last fight in Poland on August 26 and defeated Briton Daniel Dubois. The Ukrainian player retained his world championship title according to the International Boxing Federation (IBF), World Boxing Organization (WBO), International Boxing Organization (IBO) and World Boxing Association (WBA).
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