Tyson Fury is set to clash with Oleksandr Usyk to decide the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis in 1999.
The pair will do battle on Feb. 17, with fellow heavyweight boxers Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou set to face off the following month, on Mar. 8. Both bouts with take place in Saudi Arabia.
According to Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, depending on the results of the two fights, fans may be in store for the “biggest boxing match in the history of the sport.”
Hearn has come under fire from Lewis for scheduling Joshua vs. Ngannou. Prior to the former UFC champion’s fight with Fury in October 2023, the Matchroom Boxing chairman labeled a potential clash between ‘The Predator’ and ‘AJ’ as a gimmick fight.
But after a fantastic showing against ‘The Gypsy King’, Hearn believes that Ngannou has deserved to remain in the top echelon of heavyweight boxing, atleast for now.
He was recently interviewed by Boxing Social, where he commented on the potential winners of Fury vs. Usyk and Joshua vs. Ngannou facing off. Hearn said this:
