- Fury to face Ngannou under professional boxing rules
- Ngannou was stripped of UFC title over contract dispute
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will take on former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia on 28 October in a bout under professional boxing rules, the fight’s promoters said on Tuesday.
Fury was scheduled to face Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk, the IBF, IBO, WBO and WBA champion, in a unification fight to determine the first undisputed champion in boxing’s bellwether division in more than two decades but negotiations fell through in March.