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 Saudi Arabia, its promoters announced on Thursday, November 16. Fury is the WBC heavyweight champion and his Ukrainian opponent holds the WBA, IBF and WBO belts. The winner of the fight will be the first unified heavyweight world champion since Lennox Lewis in 1999 and 2000. Fury, 35, and Usyk, 36, were initially scheduled to face each other on December 23, but the success on points was unconvincing of the Briton against MMA star Francis Ngannou on October 29 led to a postponement of the fight. The “Gipsy King” finished his match against Ngannou 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.
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