By: Sean Crose
“This is the perfect time for unification.”
WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman uttered those exact words to Sports sky in Monday. That way, Sulaiman said he wants to see a heavyweight title fight between WBC and online heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and future IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk near the. The winner of that fight would become the first undisputed world heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis reigned supreme two decades ago.
“We ordered a final exclusion between Wilder and Andy Ruiz,” Sulaiman continued. “At this point, we don’t have any required candidates, so it’s the perfect time to unify.” Usyk was last seen beating Anthony Joshua, with whom he previously won the heavyweight title, in a rematch last summer. As for Fury, he was last spotted on Saturday in London, where he dominated and stopped longtime rival Derek Chisora. Fury and Usyk stand face to face after the fight. Fury threw a barrage of insults at Usyk, while Usyk seemed unfazed.
Then Sulaiman talked about the fact that the IBF could have a say in the symbolic wheel by asking Usyk to face their man, Filip Hrgovic, to keep his IBF belt. “Hopefully it won’t get to that point,” said Sulaiman, “and the four organizations will accept sanctioning the undisputed final war and keep it that way.” While he claims that he understands that different sanctioning bodies have different rules, Sulaiman made it clear that the crowning ability of an undisputed heavyweight champion should outweigh the weights. other reminder.
“The importance of this fight (Fury vs Usyk fight) goes beyond any organization,” he said, “so we’re supporting it and we’re going to do everything we can to make sure it’s done.” it takes place.” Fury is ready to fight Joshua for the undisputed heavyweight title as Joshua retains his belt. However, an American judge ruled that Fury would have to fight arch-rival Deontay Wilder for the third time first. Meanwhile, Joshua lost the title to Usyk.
