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Frank Warren: Tyson Fury v Oleksandr Usyk heavyweight bout ‘will be made’

Tyson Fury’s promoter, Frank Warren, believes a fight to unify the heavyweight division with Oleksandr Usyk ‘will be made’.
Tyson Fury’s promoter, Frank Warren, believes a fight to unify the heavyweight division with Oleksandr Usyk ‘will be made’. Composite: Getty, PA

Tyson Fury’s promoter, Frank Warren, has said a heavyweight division unification bout with Oleksandr Usyk “will be made”. The Ukrainian Usyk defeated Anthony Joshua on points for a second time on Saturday, retaining his WBA, IBF and WBO titles, before saying of Fury: “I am convinced he wants to fight me. I want to fight him.”

Fury recently said he plans to stay in retirement but after of Usyk’s victory he posted a video saying: “I would annihilate both of them [Usyk and Joshua] on the same night … get your fucking chequebook out.”

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