By Sean Crose
The long-anticipated bout for the world’s undisputed heavyweight championship is now thought to be possible at London’s Wembley Stadium on April 29. The Daily mail is reporting that “Fury himself is urging rival title holder Oleksandr Usyk to agree to a date in London, as oil-rich Saudi Arabian contractors are unable to confirm that construction of the new stadium Their work in Jeddah can be completed in time.” Of course, this is boxing, nothing can be guaranteed until the opening bell rings. However, a fight in London would give Britain’s Fury a distinct “hometown” advantage over Ukraine’s Usyk.
The clock is now pointing to a fight that is supposed to take place in the first installment in 2023. After all, Fury-Usyk’s size will take some time to build up. There are millions of little details that need attention, plus the fighters themselves need enough time to prepare. “The authorities sanction boxing,” wrote Daily mail, “The WBC in the case of Fury and the WBA, the IBF and the WBO that Usyk holds – won’t wait forever to be forced to defend their title against other top contenders.” Suffice it to say, the fight, if it ever ends, will be the third major contest, or maybe even the fourth, to not see the light of day in the past few months.
A potential heavyweight showdown between Fury and Anthony Joshua was ruled out at the end of 2022, as it was too long to hope for a showdown between the two heavyweights Terence Crawford and Errol Spence. Aside from the hopefully lengthy Fury-Usyk fight talks, the Gervonta Davis-Ryan Garcia superstar talks are clearly still progressing – or not. No doubt these are tough times for sweet science fans, as the message being conveyed is that simply the best may not be fighting the best at this point. in the history of this sport.
With all that said, it is certain that Fury or Usyk would be willing to simply let this opportunity pass without doing everything they could to make it happen. There hasn’t been an undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis, which means they’ve been far too long to be an unquestionable heavyweight king. With Fury and Usyk both undefeated and highly skilled, there’s really no good reason why the fight can’t happen in the near future. The heavyweight division really depends on it.
