{"id":141826,"date":"2023-09-29T16:42:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T16:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=141826"},"modified":"2023-09-29T16:42:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T16:42:52","slug":"tyson-fury-vs-oleksandr-usyk-set-for-december-23-in-saudi-arabia-after-heavyweight-champs-finally-agree-undisputed-clash-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/sport\/tyson-fury-vs-oleksandr-usyk-set-for-december-23-in-saudi-arabia-after-heavyweight-champs-finally-agree-undisputed-clash-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk set for December 23 in Saudi Arabia after heavyweight champs FINALLY agree undisputed clash | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

TYSON FURY\u2019S undisputed heavyweight world title decider with Oleksandr Usyk is DONE for December 23 in Saudi Arabia.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The titanic showdown between England\u2019s 35-year-old WBC champion and Ukraine\u2019s 36-year-old WBA, IBF and WBO boss will happen in Riyadh just 48 hours before Christmas.<\/p>\n


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Queensbury Promotions, who represent Fury, have confirmed a deal has been signed for the fight to take place in Riyadh.<\/p>\n

Usyk's promoter Alex Krassyuk also confirmed the news, saying: "I can't believe that it's happening but it is. Respect to Tyson for his courage."<\/p>\n

Saudi minister Turki Alalsikh announced the news saying: "Fury vs Usyk signed.<\/p>\n

"Epic battle to take place as part of Riyadh season."<\/p>\n

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It will be the first undisputed heavyweight clash in 24 years – since Lennox Lewis fought Evander Holyfield in November 1999.<\/p>\n

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Fury follows Cristiano Ronaldo, Jordan Henderson<\/span> and Steven Gerrard<\/span> in setting up camp in the oil-drenched desert and he told SunSport it is the biggest boxing deal in HISTORY<\/strong><\/span> that even makes the boxing billions look like chump change.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the biggest and best sports stars are now Saudi Arabia-bound,\u201d he said. \u201cThe country is making big moves in sport and everything else.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are taking over boxing and any other sport that they want.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are paying big money<\/span> for everything they get involved with.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe I have just done the biggest boxing deal in the history of boxing.<\/p>\n

"I am not at liberty to talk about numbers.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it\u2019s the biggest boxing deal ever done in history.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe big football<\/span> deals with Ronaldo<\/span> and Neymar<\/span>, it blows them out of the water.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s big, big, big.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter all, I am not a prizefighter for brass buttons!\u201d<\/p>\n

Fury and Usyk were due to throw down in a Wembley war in April – four months after their tasty Tottenham face-off.<\/p>\n

But their mouthwatering showdown collapsed after Fury's constant moving of the goalposts during very public negotiations.<\/p>\n

Fury first put the bout in jeopardy by demanding no rematch clause be placed in their lucrative contract.<\/p>\n

Undefeated Ukrainian Usyk relented in a desperate bid to solidify his status as an all-time great and become the boxing's first two-weight undisputed champion – a title Terence Crawford claimed in August.<\/p>\n


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Fury then demanded he be given the lion's share of the purse, insisting on a 70-30 split in his favour.<\/p>\n

Usyk agreed to the split but eventually walked away from the deal as Fury continued to try and change the proposed terms.<\/p>\n

Fury's decision to fight Usyk a mere EIGHT WEEKS<\/strong> after his clash with former UFC heavyweight king Ngannou comes as a surprise as he's repeatedly shot down the prospect in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

He said recently: "I am not interested in fighting Usyk, he's a little Ukrainian dosser.<\/p>\n

"That's all he is to me. No interest in unifying the division. It doesn't mean s*** to me.<\/p>\n

"All that stuff about unifying and whatever, it really doesn't mean anything to me.<\/p>\n

"I am looking for the biggest payday. Most of the time, Usyk doesn't cut it.<\/p>\n

"He's just a foreign person who doesn't speak good English, so you can't really sell him.<\/p>\n

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