{"id":295241,"date":"2023-11-02T23:09:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T23:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=295241"},"modified":"2023-11-02T23:09:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T23:09:36","slug":"tyson-fury-will-get-unified-usyk-bout-despite-ibf-fear-with-announcement-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/boxing\/tyson-fury-will-get-unified-usyk-bout-despite-ibf-fear-with-announcement-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury will get unified Usyk bout despite IBF fear with announcement ‘soon’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tyson Fury will get a crack at the undisputed heavyweight title after promoter Frank Warren dismissed fears the IBF title could be stripped from Oleksandr Usyk.<\/p>\n
The pair\u2019s clash in Saudi Arabia is set to be put back until February after Fury had to pick himself up off the canvas to beat boxing novice Francis Ngannou which killed the December 23 date.<\/p>\n
That sparked concerns the IBF would call Usyk to face mandatory Filip Hrgovic but Warren insists that won\u2019t be an issue.<\/p>\n
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He said: \u201cFour belts. The IBF have given consent for that to happen. Believe you me, I had the late meetings. It\u2019s all done.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlready in place. He got a cut eye in the fight so it could never go on. I think the deadline with the IBF is by March. Ring the IBF they\u2019ll tell you. There\u2019s absolutely not a problem. The fight is on, everything is agreed. It is ready to be announced. It will be announced very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Warren insists he put the brakes on Fury pushing for December 23 date after he insisted in the ring he would face Usyk then.<\/p>\n
The promoter said: \u201cIt\u2019s not just the bruising [he had over his eye], he\u2019s had a 12 week camp, he\u2019s had a new baby, he\u2019s had a tough fight, it\u2019s a tough fight for him so now he needs a couple of weeks off.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThen he would only have six weeks to train for the undisputed fight? If it ended earlier then 23rd would have been a viable date. He said to me after he would fight and I said \u2018no you\u2019re not\u2019. I told him it wouldn\u2019t go away, it\u2019s signed and done.\u201d<\/p>\n
Warren has no fears that his man Fury has got old overnight despite the Gypsy King admitting he put in a \u201cbelow-par\u201d performance against Ngannou.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cYou can suddenly become very old in boxing, overnight. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s the case and we will find out in his next fight. In my opinion, I don\u2019t think anyone expected that.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI did expect it to be tough but never expected that fella to shape up like he did. I think he will beat Usyk and he knows Usyk. He knows what he\u2019s got in front of him, Usyk is not going to switch his style.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Usyk watches that fight and sees a chink in his armour, who knows? Usyk is a competitor, he wants to fight. They both do. It will be a good fight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Warren admitted Fury\u2019s career could finish in Saudi now the Middle East nation is paying big bucks. He added: \u201cThat could be a situation.\u201d<\/p>\n