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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.
[90] [91] A week later, K2 Promotions confirmed the date of the fight. [92] 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. [93] This was said to be a stumbling block for the potential Usyk vs. Bellew fight.
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. [94] [95] 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.
Usyk is set to fight Tyson Fury in Saudi Arabia in February, with the Ukrainian’s unified titles and the Briton’s WBC belt on the line. The winner will be crowned the first undisputed ...
Usyk capped off his time at cruiserweight with wins over Mairis Briedis, Murat Gassiev and Tony Bellew, as he secured undisputed status – before achieving the same feat at heavyweight.
Free live streams of the Fury v Usyk fight are spreading online amid record-breaking levels of piracy (YouTube/ Screengrab)
Usyk's career-long promoter Krassyuk gained control of the fight with a massive bid of $8,057,000, which was more than the $5,620,050 submitted by Queensberry Promotions. A fight date in August was being eyed. As per the purse splits, Usyk was to take home $6,042,750 (75% of the winning bid) and Dubois was to take a career-high $2,014,250 ...
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.