{"id":290150,"date":"2023-09-17T00:34:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T00:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=290150"},"modified":"2023-09-17T00:34:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T00:34:39","slug":"usyk-and-fury-could-meet-before-the-end-of-the-year-says-bob-arum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/boxing\/usyk-and-fury-could-meet-before-the-end-of-the-year-says-bob-arum\/","title":{"rendered":"Usyk and Fury could meet before the end of the year, says Bob Arum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk&#8217;s fight &#8216;could happen as early as December&#8217;, claims Gypsy King&#8217;s promoter Bob Arum &#8211; who insists the bout &#8216;will happen sooner rather than later&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Boxing promoter Bob Arum expects Oleksandr Usyk to fight Tyson Fury soon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>The British boxer is preparing for his one-off fight with MMA&#8217;s Francis Ngannou<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Usyk retained his world heavyweight titles last month by beating Daniel Dubois\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury could meet in an undisputed heavyweight championship before the end of the year, or in 2024, according to Bob Arum.<\/p>\n<p>Arum, the head of Top Rank, is promoting WBC champion Fury&#8217;s upcoming fight against\u00a0former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia on October 28.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the 91-year-old boxing promoter believes that it is going to be pretty straightforward to get Fury to face up to the Ukrainian Usyk &#8211; who is the IBF, WBA and WBO champion &#8211; in the ring.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Arum told Sky Sports: &#8216;It won&#8217;t be hard to make. I know the Usyk people, they&#8217;re nice people. His manager, his promoter, they&#8217;re terrific people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Usyk himself is a terrific guy. I think he wants that fight. I think that fight&#8217;s going to happen and hopefully it will happen sooner rather than later.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/17\/00\/71122723-12527203-Tyson_Fury_s_co_promoter_Bob_Arum_expects_the_Gypsy_King_to_snub-a-3_1694905991171.jpg\" height=\"453\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tyson Fury&#8217;s co-promoter Bob Arum expects the WBC champion to fight Oleksandr Usyk soon<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/17\/00\/75422113-12527203-A_Fury_vs_Usyk_clash_would_unify_the_division_for_the_first_time-a-6_1694906030867.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fury previously had no interest in a unified title bid fighting the Ukrainian (pictured), as he prepares to face Francis Ngannou<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/17\/00\/74759003-12527203-Usyk_retained_his_world_heavyweight_titles_by_stopping_Dubois_in-a-7_1694906077795.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Usyk retained his world heavyweight titles in August by stopping Daniel Dubois in Poland<\/p>\n<p>When pressed for a date, he responded: &#8216;<span>Probably be early next year, but it could happen as early as December.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The boxing promoter added: &#8216;I would like to see him (Fury) fight Usyk. I think once he fights Usyk, and assuming he beats Usyk, then I think he\u2019ll do a victory lap, maybe two more fights, and let the younger guys take over.&#8217;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It contradicts a previous claim that Fury has no interest in fighting Usyk, and\u00a0Fury&#8217;s suggestion that he will continue to fight other names from the world of MMA, like Jon Jones, once the fight against Ngannou has been completed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Usyk stopped Daniel Dubois in Wroclaw, Poland, last month to retain his world heavyweight titles &#8211; but there will still be demand to see him try to seize Fury&#8217;s WBC crown too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12527203\/Oleksandr-Usyk-Tyson-Fury-meet-undisputed-heavyweight-championship-end-year-according-promoter-Bob-Arum.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk&#8217;s fight &#8216;could happen as early as December&#8217;, claims Gypsy King&#8217;s promoter Bob Arum &#8211; 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