Next a number of irritating rounds of failed negotiations over the age presen, Tyson Enrage and Oleksandr Usyk have in the end put pen to paper for a fight to crown an undisputed heavyweight champion. As first reported through ESPN, Enrage and Usyk will meet in Saudi Arabia in both December or January.
Enrage’s promoter Frank Warren showed the scoop on social media on Friday morning.
Enrage additionally posted on social media, writing, “I do what I say. I say what I do. UNDISPUTED. THIS IS THE GYPSY KING ERA. You can’t run rabbit run anymore Usyk — you’re getting it.”
The former spherical of negotiations for the struggle penniless ill in March. Usyk’s crew driven for a 60-40 handbag break in partiality of the bout winner. Enrage answered, “From where I’m standing, Usyk, you and your team are worth 30%. You either take it or you leave it. And if you don’t want it, go fight Daniel Dubois and get a few million dollars.”
Usyk declared on social media that he would settle for simply 30% of the break, a surprising concession for one facet of any such large struggle. Regardless of this, the struggle didn’t come to fruition and Enrage rather covered up a struggle with former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou on Oct. 28 and Usyk defeated Dubois on Aug. 26.
This can be a struggle that has been mentioned for years, with Enrage completing off rival Deontay Wilder with back-to-back stoppage wins to assert the WBC heavyweight identify month Usyk defeated Anthony Joshua in two fights, taking pictures the WBO, WBA and IBF titles within the procedure.
As undisputed championship fights have develop into extra usual in recent times, a fight between Usyk and Enrage to crown the primary undisputed heavyweight championship of the four-belt month handiest made sense.
Rather, needless fights like Enrage vs. Derek Chisora in a trilogy struggle have taken playground, slowing ill the momentum of the heavyweight section.