The world title fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk scheduled to take place in Riyadh Saudi Arabia could even be bigger if plans for Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder fight is successful.
Joshua says his fight with Deontay Wilder could be part of a sensational double bill with Tyson Fury’s bout against Oleksandr Usyk.
Champions Fury and Usyk agreed a deal in October for a historic undisputed heavyweight fight, set to take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Organisers are planning to put Usyk-Fury, Joshua-Wilder on the same night and should that happen, the world of boxing will be in for a spectacular showdown on fight night
Former two-time world heavyweight champion Joshua has been heavily linked with a fight against hard-hitting American Wilder, with his promoter Eddie Hearn previously saying “we’ve agreed the money, we’ve agreed everything”.
Fury must first come through uninjured in a non-title bout against MMA star Francis Ngannou on Saturday October 28 in Riyadh.
Briton Fury is the WBC champion and Ukraine’s Usyk holds the WBA, WBO and IBF titles.
The winner will be crowned the first undisputed heavyweight champion in the four-belt era.
Fury has won 33 fights with one draw since turning professional in 2008, while Usyk – who has won all 21 professional bouts – defended his titles against Londoner Daniel Dubois in August.
The four fighters have, along with the retired Wladimir Klitschko, dominated heavyweight boxing for the past 15 years and their careers are intertwined.
Fury won his first world title after dethroning Klitschko in 2015, before taking a hiatus from the sport.
After well-documented issues with mental health, he returned more than two and a half years later. He contested a trilogy with Wilder and, having drawn the first fight, beat the American in 2020 to become WBC champion.
Fury won the third fight with hard-hitting Wilder and has since defended his belt against Britons Dillian Whyte and Derek Chisora.
Usyk is one of the most decorated fighters in world boxing. The London 2012 Olympic gold medallist became undisputed world champion before dethroning Briton Joshua in 2021.
Joshua has picked up two victories this year, over Jermaine Franklin and Robert Helenius, following consecutive defeats by Usyk as his previously dominant career hit a roadblock.
In a phenomenal rise to stardom, 2012 Olympic gold medallist Joshua became world champion in his 16th fight, knocked out his first 20 opponents and unified the division in his 21st outing.
Between those events, he defeated Klitschko in 2017 in the Ukrainian’s final bout in one of the greatest fights of all time.
Wilder, who turned 38 on Sunday, held the WBC heavyweight title from 2015 to 2020, making 10 successful defences.
He has only fought once since the second of his two losses to Fury, in October 2021, beating Helenius in the first round a year ago.
