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[7] [8] A week later, K2 Promotions confirmed the date of the fight. [9] On 5 September, the WBA ordered Usyk to start negotiating with Denis Lebedev, who was their 'champion in recess' and gave them until the first week of October 2018 to complete negotiations. [10] This was said to be a stumbling block for the potential Usyk vs. Bellew fight.
Bellew weighed 199¼ lbs, just over 2 years since he last made the cruiserweight limit and Usyk weighed 198¼ lbs. [100] Bellew's guaranteed purse for the fight was £4 million. [ 101 ] On fight night, Usyk, who is usually a slow starter, eventually took full control of the bout and stopped Bellew in round eight to retain all the cruiserweight ...
The agreement meant Matchroom would co-promote Usyk alongside K2 Promotions. Usyk's next fight would be confirmed 'in the very near future', according to Hearn. [95] [96] A week after signing with Matchroom, the Usyk vs. Bellew fight was announced to take place on 10 November at the Manchester Arena, live and exclusive on Sky Box Office.
The former world champion retired in 2018 after suffering a knockout loss to Oleksandr Usyk Tony Bellew opens up on retirement from boxing in candid I’m a Celebrity moment Skip to main content
Usyk weighed 223.5lbs for his first fight with Fury and, should he shed the weight to meet the 200lbs limit, he would face a difficult and time-consuming task to round up the belts once more.
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[5] [6] In the post-fight interview, after defeating David Price in October, Chisora's manager, David Haye, commented on a potential fight with Usyk next. [7] On 11 March 2020, it was announced that Usyk would fight Chisora on 23 May at The O2 Arena in London. The fight was to take place on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and on DAZN in the US ...
When is the fight? Fury and Usyk’s historic 12-round undisputed heavyweight title clash is set for Saturday, 18 May at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.