{"id":2533,"date":"2023-11-17T10:56:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T09:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=2533"},"modified":"2023-11-17T19:01:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T18:01:26","slug":"tyson-fury-and-oleksandr-usyk-to-face-february-17-in-historic-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/tyson-fury-and-oleksandr-usyk-to-face-february-17-in-historic-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"TYSON FURY AND OLEKSANDR USYK TO FACE FEBRUARY 17 IN \u201cHISTORIC FIGHT\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The unification fight for the world heavyweight boxing belts between the British Tyson Fury and the Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk will take place on February 17 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, its promoters announced this Thursday. Fury is the WBC heavyweight champion and his Ukrainian opponent holds the WBA, IBF and WBO belts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s a historic event\u201d: the fight to unify the world boxing belts, heavyweight category, will take place on February 17 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between the fanciful Briton Tyson Fury and the Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk, they said. announced Thursday in London the organizers of the event.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8 \u062a\u0627\u064a\u0633\u0648\u0646 \u0641\u064a\u0648\u0631\u064a \ud83c\udd9a \u0623\u0648\u0644\u0643\u0633\u0646\u062f\u0631 \u0623\u0648\u0633\u064a\u0643 \u0648\u062c\u0647\u064b\u0627 \u0644\u0648\u062c\u0647 \ud83d\udc40 \u0646\u0644\u062a\u0642\u064a \u0641\u064a 17 \u0641\u0628\u0631\u0627\u064a\u0631 2024 \u0645\u0646 \u0623\u062c\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u062a\u0627\u0644 \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde6<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8 TYSON FURY \ud83c\udd9a OLEKSANDR USYK<br \/>LE FACE \u00c0 FACE \ud83d\udc40RDV LE 17 FEVRIER 2024 POUR LE COMBAT \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde6<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/boxing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#boxing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ufc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ufc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fighter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#fighter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MsXYlK5xWk\">pic.twitter.com\/MsXYlK5xWk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; mmamag.ma (@jamalsoussi10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamalsoussi10\/status\/1725569185227432160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe whole boxing world has been waiting for this for many, many years, and now they have this fight,\u201d Frank Warren, Fury&#8217;s promoter, boasted at a press conference in the British capital. \u201cFor the first time in this century, we will have an undisputed heavyweight champion,\u201d Warren continued.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;This is a historic event. As a promoter, I&#8217;ve been banging my head against the wall for this. But now we&#8217;re going to have the cream of the crop: these two undefeated heavyweights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"rtl\">\ud83d\udcf7\u062a\u0627\u064a\u0633\u0648\u0646 \u0641\u064a\u0648\u0631\u064a \u0648\ud83d\udcf7\u0623\u0644\u0643\u0633\u0646\u062f\u0631 \u0623\u0648\u0633\u064a\u0643 \u064a\u0648\u0627\u062c\u0647\u0627\u0646 17 \u0641\u0628\u0631\u0627\u064a\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0642\u0628\u0644 \u0641\u064a &quot;\u0642\u062a\u0627\u0644 \u062a\u0627\u0631\u064a\u062e\u064a&quot;<br \/>\ud83d\udcf7Tyson Fury and \ud83d\udcf7Alexander Usyk will face off on February 17 next year in a \u201chistoric fight\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/boxing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#boxing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ufc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ufc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fighter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#fighter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iONwWzcLAe\">pic.twitter.com\/iONwWzcLAe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; mmamag.ma (@jamalsoussi10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamalsoussi10\/status\/1725564943771058244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fury, 35, and Usyk, 36, were initially scheduled to face each other on December 23, but the Briton&#8217;s unconvincing points success over MMA star Francis Ngannou on October 29 led to the unification fight being postponed .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The \u201cGipsy King\u201d finished his match against Ngannou in bad shape, with a black eye and a cut on his forehead. Tyson Fury has 34 wins and one draw since his professional debut in 2008, Usyk has 21 wins in 21 professional fights.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a combative mood during the press conference, Fury recalled his 2015 victory over Usyk&#8217;s fellow Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko, which gave him the WBA, IBF and WBO titles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI already relieved a Ukrainian of all the belts&#8230; and now I&#8217;m going to take them all back,\u201d Fury promised.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cA FIGHT THAT WILL REMAIN FOREVER\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cUsyk is a champion, I am a champion. It will be a fight that will stay for eternity,\u201d he assured. For the Briton, a victory over Usyk would confirm his status as the greatest boxer of all time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI believe we are both destined to be here. I am destined to become the undisputed champion and, even more, to consolidate my legacy,\u201d said the \u201cGipsy King\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Faced with insults and provocations from Fury, who notably attacked the size of his opponent and his ear ring in front of the press, Usyk knew how to keep his cool. \u201cYes, I am a small man.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I will speak in the ring,\u201d replied the Ukrainian. Usyk won his three belts in September 2021 against the holder Anthony Joshua, before retaining them during a rematch organized in August 2022.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He barely kept them on August 26 in Wroclaw in Poland against British hopeful Daniel Dubois.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This last fight was organized at the request of the WBA after the failure of negotiations to organize a unification fight against Fury. The latter was held responsible for this failure and targeted by criticism, while their fight was initially scheduled for April at Wembley.Tyson<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fury, for his part, won his WBC heavyweight world championship belt against Deontay Wilder in 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saudi Arabia, often criticized for its lack of respect for human rights, has been trying to improve its image for several years by investing in particular in several publicized sports competitions. The oil monarchy has notably hosted several high-profile boxing events in recent years, including Usyk&#8217;s victory over Anthony Joshua in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The unification fight for the world heavyweight boxing belts between the British Tyson Fury and the Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk will take place on February 17 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, its promoters announced this Thursday. 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