Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk given new date after Saudi officers intervene

Tyson Fury has introduced that his heavyweight struggle with Oleksandr Usyk can be rescheduled for May 18. The boxer needed to pull out of the preliminary date on February 17 attributable to a freak reduce above his proper eye. 

Fury and Usyk have been attributable to struggle in a highly-anticipated duel in two weeks’ time. However, an announcement from Fury’s camp final week confirmed that occasion, which was attributable to happen in Saudi Arabia, is postponed till Fury’s wound has recovered. 

The 35-year-old had been getting ready for the bout in Saudi Arabia since December and maintains that he had been in good condition. That is regardless of considerations – which arose previous to his slender victory over Francis Ngannou previous to Christmas – that not all was effectively in Fury’s camp. 

Usyk’s staff have been pissed off by the postponement, prompting Saudi officers to intervene. In a fiery dwell chat hosted by YouTube channel The MMA Hour, Fury was joined by Saudi Arabia’s chairman of General Authority for Entertainment, Turki Al-Sheikh. 

Al-Sheikh, who can be an advisor on the royal court docket, declared that the rescheduled struggle will happen on May 18. The 42-year-old rubbished claims from Usyk’s staff that Fury was being a “coward” declaring that he has postponed hospital appointments to make sure the struggle goes forward. 

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