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.
There’s no date—late December of this year or January/February of next year are the targets, per a source with direct knowledge of the deal—and Fury still has business with Francis Ngannou, the former UFC heavyweight whom Fury will face Oct. 28. But if Fury comes out unscathed, boxing’s two top heavyweights will meet to crown the division’s first undisputed champion since 1999.
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