- Frank Warren announces fight to go ahead in Riyadh
- ‘This is the biggest fight that could possibly be made’
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will finally fight for the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. An exact date for the long delayed contest has yet to be confirmed but both men have signed contracts for a fight that current speculation suggests could take place on 23 December or in January.
There will be relief among boxing supporters that the sport’s tarnished flagship division could at last have a unified champion for the first time since Lennox Lewis held all the belts in 1999. However, there should also be dismay that boxing has yet again succumbed to the lure of Saudi’s sportswashing strategy.