{"id":295802,"date":"2023-10-30T00:39:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T00:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=295802"},"modified":"2023-10-30T00:39:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T00:39:45","slug":"tyson-fury-is-unlikely-to-face-oleksandr-usyk-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/boxing\/tyson-fury-is-unlikely-to-face-oleksandr-usyk-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury is &apos;UNLIKELY&apos; to face Oleksandr Usyk this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Tyson Fury is &#8216;UNLIKELY&#8217; to face Oleksandr Usyk this year, reveals promoter Frank Warren as Gypsy King &#8216;needs time&#8217; after Francis Ngannou gave &#8216;one of the toughest fights of the last decade&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Warren revealed that Fury will need &#8216;time&#8217; after the &#8216;tough fight&#8217; with Ngannou<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gypsy King retained his unbeaten record with a win by split decision in Riyadh<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Oleksandr Usyk took to the ring post-fight to face-off with Fury ahead of clash\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Frank Warren has revealed that Tyson Fury is &#8216;unlikely&#8217; to face Oleksandr Usyk this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After a controversial win over MMA fighter Francis Ngannou, Fury will most likely face Ukrainian fighter Usyk &#8216;early next year&#8217; according to Warren.<\/p>\n<p>With discussions between the two undefeated fighters lasting almost a year, a fight between Fury and Usyk was eventually penned in September.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Though with an original date of 23 December, it is looking more likely to be the start of 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The pair had been in talks to fight last year before being locked in talks this March &#8211; with Usyk even agreeing to a 70-30 split of the prize purse &#8211; though negotiations for the showdown were later abandoned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/13\/77141977-12685469-image-a-2_1698585901168.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>After a controversial win over Ngannou, Fury will most likely face Usyk &#8216;early next year&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/13\/76977323-12685469-Frank_Warren_has_hit_out_at_nonsense_claims_Tyson_Fury_was_afrai-a-1_1698585598588.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Frank Warren claims Tyson Fury is &#8216;unlikely&#8217; to face Oleksandr Usyk before the end of the year<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/13\/77128285-12685469-image-a-5_1698585928421.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fury won by split decision, after fans were outraged that Francis Ngannou was &#8216;robbed&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to BBC 5Live Boxing podcast, promoter Warren expressed that &#8216;Tyson can&#8217;t be going into a camp after a tough fight like that. That&#8217;s eight weeks away.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He needs at least a bit of time to get himself, his body, back into shape. Let it heal. Then get into a camp. It will be on early next year.<\/p>\n<p>A fight against Fury, which would crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion in the four-belt era, would form part of &#8216;Riyadh Season&#8217; &#8211; an entertainment events festival held in Saudi Arabia&#8217;s capital every winter since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Riyadh season&#8217; finishes in March, so [Fury-Usyk] could take place up until March,&#8217; Warren said.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Warren recently hit back at suggestions that Fury was reluctant to fight Usyk, accusing the Ukrainian&#8217;s team of spreading &#8216;propaganda&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>In September Fury&#8217;s team announced that a deal had finally been struck &#8211; with Warren claiming they had only done so to stop the news being leaked early.<\/p>\n<p>Usyk had previously claimed Fury was &#8216;afraid&#8217; of him after opting to face Ngannou instead and mocking him for facing &#8216;someone who has never boxed before&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not the first time Usyk or his team have accused Fury of avoiding a fight that would crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis in 1999.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/13\/77141975-12685469-image-a-3_1698585909967.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A fight against Fury, which would crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion in the four-belt era, would form part of &#8216;Riyadh Season&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/13\/76977325-12685469-Usyk_and_Fury_have_finally_signed_for_an_undisputed_fight_follow-a-7_1698585940101.jpg\" height=\"443\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/13\/76974569-12685469-Fury_could_face_Usyk_in_December_or_January-a-6_1698585940098.jpg\" height=\"443\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Usyk and Fury have finally signed for an undisputed fight following long drawn-out talks<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/13\/77128279-12685469-image-a-4_1698585923547.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Frank Warren recently hit back at suggestions that Fury was reluctant to fight Usyk, accusing the Ukrainian&#8217;s team of spreading &#8216;propaganda&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Usyk, holding the WBA, WBO, and IBF titles, was present at the ringside in Riyadh, and the two fighters met in the ring following the match.<\/p>\n<p>The Fury-Ngannou bout was also part of the &#8216;Riyadh Season,&#8217; with reports indicating that the Saudi Arabian government paid substantial sums to host this crossover fight.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, Saudi Arabia&#8217;s growing involvement in international sports has sparked controversy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Their pursuit of hosting prestigious sporting events, such as boxing matches, an annual Formula 1 race, and a bid for the 2034 World Cup, has drawn scrutiny due to the country&#8217;s questionable human rights record.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12685469\/Tyson-Fury-UNLIKELY-face-Oleksandr-Usyk-year-reveals-promoter-Frank-Warren-Gypsy-King-needs-time-Francis-Ngannou-gave-one-toughest-fights-decade.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyson Fury is &#8216;UNLIKELY&#8217; to face Oleksandr Usyk this year, reveals promoter Frank Warren as Gypsy King &#8216;needs time&#8217; after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tyson Fury is &amp;apos;UNLIKELY&amp;apos; 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