Tyson Fury is trying to find redemption as a lot as glory when he rematches Oleksandr Usyk this weekend, stay on talkSPORT.
The Gypsy King didn’t turn out to be the primary undisputed heavyweight champion since 1999 when he misplaced to the Ukrainian in Could.
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Fury immediately started the journey to avenging his first-ever skilled defeat – however will not get a second shot in any respect 4 belts.
Usyk claimed a split-decision win to unite the WBC, WBO, WBA and IBF titles for the primary time in 25 years.
Sadly for British boxing followers, the undefeated 37-year-old will not return to Saudi Arabia for the rematch with the identical prize.
Why is Fury vs Usyk 2 not undisputed?
Solely three of the division’s 4 championships might be placed on the road for the rematch – the IBO, WBC and WBO world heavyweight titles.
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That’s as a result of Usyk was compelled to vacate the IBF belt earlier this yr to pursue a profitable rematch with Fury and is now not undisputed.
His temporary reign as ruler of all 4 titles lasted from his win over the Brit in Could till he relinquished the championship in September.
Usyk’s dedication to a second Fury battle meant he was unable to make a compulsory defence of the belt so he was stripped.
Daniel Dubois was upgraded to full holder of the IBF title after profitable the ‘interim’ belt when he beat Filip Hrgovic in June.
‘Triple D’ made a profitable defence of the championship he by no means received within the ring by emphatically knocking out Anthony Joshua.
Dubois will rightfully really feel extra like a champion in his subsequent outing in opposition to Joseph Parker on February 22.
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When might the following undisputed battle be?
Boxing followers needed to wait over twenty years to see all of the heavyweight titles be united by one fighter.
Fortunately, it seems an analogous wait will not be on the playing cards once more.
The winner of Fury and Usyk’s rematch might have the chance to battle Dubois, supplied he comes by way of in opposition to Parker intact.
“We aren’t promoters so we can’t promote fights. We now have been, because the WBC, extraordinarily supportive of unification fights and undisputed champions. I might like to see Dubois battle the winner and, indisputably, that battle is sensational,” Mauricio Sulaiman, the WBC president, informed Sky Sports activities.
“All of us ought to attempt to make that occur. The explanation for the organisation to exist is to provide boxing one of the best fights doable. The explanation for the obligatory contender rule, which the WBC instituted, was to provide one of the best challenger the chance to battle the champion and never enable the champion to duck him,” he continued.
“It isn’t to have a compulsory only for the sake of it. At this second, there is no such thing as a higher battle than Usyk, the champion, in opposition to Fury, the previous champion – easy as that.”
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Fury vs Usyk 2: The way to comply with
This 12-round heavyweight title conflict is about to happen on Saturday, December 21.
The rematch will once more be held on the Kingdom Enviornment in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with primary occasion ringwalks at roughly 11pm.
talkSPORT has secured the commentary rights to this big heavyweight world title battle.
Our full commentary workforce might be out in Riyadh to deliver you blow-by-blow protection from 7:30pm.
Jim White and Gareth A Davies will host a Combat Evening Particular with commentary from John Rawling and Spencer Oliver.
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talkSPORT.com may also be operating a stay weblog to deliver you all the newest information all through battle week plus, in fact, the battle itself.
The battle is about to be proven within the UK on DAZN Pay-Per-View, Sky Sports activities Field Workplace and TNT Sports activities Field Workplace. It should value followers £24.99.
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