Tyson Fury’s undisputed heavyweight title fight against Oleksandr Usyk has been rescheduled for 18 May.
Fury, 35, had been due to fight Ukraine’s Usyk on 17 February but withdrew from the contest on Friday after sustaining a cut in sparring.
The Briton is the WBC champion while Ukraine’s Usyk, 37, holds the WBA, WBO and IBF titles.
Their bout in Saudi Arabia will crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion in the four-belt era.
Usyk wished Fury a speedy recovery and said he was “ready to fight for undisputed any time, anywhere”.
The Ukrainian had been in talks to fight Croatia’s Filip Hrgovic as a replacement for Fury on the February date.
Hrgovic is the mandatory challenger to Usyk’s IBF belt and there were fears he could be stripped of that title if Fury was sidelined for several months.
There has not been an undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis defeated Evander Holyfield in 1999.
Fury’s cut above his right eye required “urgent medical attention” and “significant stitching”. It is the third time since 2023 a fight date between Usyk and Fury has been rescheduled.
