The match of the century will be fought on May 18 by the champion of the WBC version, Tyson Fury, against the owner of the three remaining prestigious belts, Alexander Usyk, the champion of the IBF, WBA, and WBO versions.
The world will get an absolute champion for the first time, since Lennox Lewis in his victory over Evander Holyfield 25 years ago, and the match was postponed a couple of times - the first due to the Englishman's knockdown in October, in a match that he later won by overvoting and then was recognized as official by MMA champion Francis Nganu. Second time an eye injury.
However, Riyad invests a lot, but he also knew how to protect himself, so he conditioned the match with a fine of 10 million for the boxer who unjustifiably does not enter the ring on May 18.
"The king of the ring is back in the kingdom," emphasized Gypsy King Fury, who boxed with Nganu at the Kingdom arena in Saudi Arabia.
Then, in the third round, he was close to his first loss, but Fury already knew how to hold on and come back even after a knockdown from Dontay Wilder.
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