The two heavyweights will travel to Saudi Arabia this winter to crown the division’s first undisputed champion since 1999. After months of negotiating, and more than a few stops and starts, it’s official: Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will meet for the undisputed heavyweight championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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00:00 So big announcement on Friday, Tyson Fury, Alexander Usyk,
00:03 they will meet for the Undisputed Heavyweight Championship
00:06 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
00:08 No date set yet, most likely in December of this year,
00:12 or January or February of next year.
00:14 It all depends on how Fury gets through
00:16 the Francis Nagano fight in October.
00:18 Couple thoughts on this.
00:19 One, somewhere Tyson Fury is laughing his way
00:23 all the way to the bank.
00:24 Back in the spring, he was pilloried
00:26 for walking away from negotiations with Alexander Usyk.
00:30 He was mocked for taking this fight with Nagano.
00:33 Now, Fury is going to get a monster payday
00:36 for an unlosable fight against Francis Nagano.
00:39 And then, he is gonna get another big payday
00:42 for a legacy fight against Alexander Usyk.
00:44 And that's what this fight is.
00:46 It is a huge legacy fight.
00:48 It will at least determine who is the best heavyweight
00:52 of this generation.
00:53 It will probably determine who is a top five,
00:55 top 10 heavyweight of all time.
00:57 If you're Tyson Fury, if you beat Usyk,
01:00 you will have wins over Vladimir Klitschko,
01:02 two wins over Deontay Wilder,
01:04 and then a defeat of the great Usyk.
01:06 If you're Usyk, you will go from
01:08 undisputed cruiserweight champion
01:10 to undisputed heavyweight champion
01:12 with two wins over Anthony Joshua mixed in.
01:14 So, massive implications for this fight.
01:17 It's gonna be a huge event over in Saudi Arabia.
01:19 Big money, lots of legacy.
01:21 Glad these two guys got it done.
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