The eagerly anticipated heavyweight title clash between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk is set to happen on May 18 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, following a delay caused by a cut suffered by the British fighter.
Originally scheduled for February 17 at the Kingdom Arena, the event will feature WBC champion Fury against Usyk, who holds the WBA, IBF, and WBO titles.
Fury had to withdraw from the initial date due to a cut sustained during sparring in Saudi Arabia.
Fury’s promoters, Queensberry Promotions, have announced the rescheduled fight, now set just over three months later.
Queensberry Promotions issued a statement to reveal that Fury would require surgery on his cut and therefore would not be able to fight in February,
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while the Brit also responded on his Instagram, insisting that he was “in fantastic shape” and that “what [he] could say was Usyk was in trouble”.
Frank Warren, the owner of Queensberry Promotions,
that Fury sustained his cut “in sparring with a Croatian heavyweight who caught his eye with his elbow”.
The Gypsy King was set to return to Riyadh for the first time since his , who sent Fury to the canvas in round three of their bout.
Usyk, meanwhile, last fought in August 2023, , albeit also not without controversy, with Dubois seeing what he deemed a legitimate knockdown classed as a low blow, when he cleaved a right into the Ukrainian’s beltline.
The winner of the fight between Fury and Usyk will become the first undisputed heavyweight champion since 1999,
when Lennox Lewis defeated Evander Holyfield in Paradise, Nevada, with Lewis winning by unanimous decision.
