TYSON FURY is close to agreeing to a unification fight with Oleksandr Usyk.
The claim has come from the Ukrainian fighter’s manager Egis Klimas who has revealed that a fight could potentially happen in Saudi Arabia in February next year.
Usyk is the current holder of the WBA, WBO, IBF and The Ring magazine belts while Fury holds the WBC title.
This means the winner of the fight would be the undisputed heavyweight world champion.
The mouth-watering match-up has been called for since Fury came out of his brief retirement and a fight against Anthony Joshua could not be organised.
Klimas has also said that he was on a call with Fury’s promoter Frank Warren and that talks were going well.
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He said: “We are almost done.
“There is not much to talk, two heavyweights, the undisputed heavyweight championship bout, that’s what people need… Most likely, we are aiming for Saudi.”
Afterwards, Warren said: “There are no obstacles in the way of making the fight.”
And Fury added: “I think he’s willing. He looks willing.
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“I would like to think there’s not a man born who could beat me in my own era, but you can never underestimate anybody.”
Both of the fighters have impressive records, with the Gypsy King winning 33 of his fights and Usyk winning 20 times.
Fury won his recent fight against Derek Chisora on Saturday with a dominant performance.
Warren has already predicted that Fury will win the fight between the two.
He told Queensbury Promotions: “I think Tyson will stop him. I think he’s too big, much too big for him.
“I think they’re quite similar and have good boxing brains, but I just think Tyson, everything he’s got, he’s got better than Usyk.
“Usyk is a really good, he’s a great cruiserweight, and he’s been a good heavyweight.
“Looking at the two of them, Tyson, in every box that you tick, he’s better.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
