Fury, Usyk ink deal for winter bout

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk have inked deals for an undisputed heavyweight championship bout in Saudi Arabia.

The fight is planned for December 23^rd or sometime in January. Fury will fight 1^st with ex-UFC champ Francis Ngannou on October 28^th in the same country, and if Tyson finishes the clash without injury, the boxing championship bout can happen.

Fury-Usyk will crown boxing’s 1^st undisputed heavyweight champ in the 4-belt era and is a rare meeting between heavyweights recognized as 2 of the best pound-for-pound.

Breaking: @Tyson_Fury and Oleksandr @Usykaa have signed contracts for an undisputed heavyweight championship fight in Saudi Arabia, multiple sources told @MikeCoppinger.

The fight could take place Dec. 23 or sometime in January, sources said. pic.twitter.com/QzIwFQOUW3

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Tyson, the WBC title holder, and Oleksandr, the WBA, IBF, and WBO champion, discussed a clash earlier this year in April at London’s Wembley Stadium before negotiations collapsed.

In the past month, the Ukrainian (21-0, 14 KOs) fulfilled his WBA mandatory defense with a 9th-round KO of Daniel Dubois in Poland.

The English (33-0-1, 24 KOs) is 1 of the most popular stars in the boxing world. Fury even has a reality show that Netflix shows and has also been in WWE.