The British Tyson Fury and the Ukrainian Alexander Usyk will fight for the unification of the titles of the heavyweight boxing champion on May 18 in Riyadh.
The bout was originally scheduled to take place on February 17, but was postponed due to a deep cut above the eye suffered by the British boxer during sparring. Usik enters the match as the WBA, IBF and WBO champion, while Fury holds the WBC belt of Muhammad Ali.
The winner will be the first boxer to unify all four titles after 25 years, when British Lennox Lewis did it.
And the name-calling, cursing and threats started, even though Usik, in the manner of a great gentleman, wished his rival a speedy recovery.
"Let's move on, the new date of the fight is known and Usik will cry: - Tyson should retire, he wants it," said the Gypsy King and added:
"I'm not retiring, you spitball. I'm going to knock you out!", Fury threatened.
And Usik is "collateral damage" in those calls, most likely more spectators to the match, which would bring more money to the manager of the Ukrainian, Egis Klimas. It was Klimas who started the avalanche.
“Tyson Fury is a bloody coward who will do anything to avoid a fight with Usik. He asked his dog to hit him in the eyebrow with a frying pan. You can quote me word for word,” said manager Egis Klimas.
But the Saudis don't want to wait forever and have announced that fans can get a refund for their tickets from February 17, but also that the withdrawal of either of the two champions would, according to the contract, mean a penalty of 10 million dollars.
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