Through the unexpected statement on The MMA Hour, Mr. Turki Alalshikhh – Royal Saudi Arabia and the promotion of the battle between Tyson Fury vs Usyk officially announced on May 18 as the time of classic match.
Besides, he also issued a warning that any fighter withdrew will have to receive a huge fine of up to $ 10 million.
“If USYK feared and retreated, I would immediately summon Joshua instead to fight Tyson,” Alalshikhhhhit said definitely.
This is not the first time Fury and USYK have to cancel the uniform schedule. Earlier, they canceled the match in mid -2023.
“If Tyson is a cowardly person who doesn't dare to fight, I am willing to choose any opponent that USYK requests. And my honor is behind this commitment. The two sides have committed clearly, and now both suffer the consequences,” Mr. Alalshikh said.
Although the competition was released, the venue for the competition between “The Gypsy King” and USYK were still set in Saudi Arabia's city of Riyadh. According to Mr. Alalshikh, the event on February 17 will not exist.
The landmark battle will determine that the Heavyweight champion dominates the world. USYK holds 4 WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO and Fury championship belts currently holding the WBC belt.
Initially, the glove screen took place on February 17. But the unfortunate injury forced Fury to withdraw. The video was then spread to show that the British boxer had a punch to tear your eyelids.
“This injury is unexpected and unbelievable, no one anticipated this happened,” Fury expressed about the shock of injury.
As revealed by Mr. Alalshikh, a special surveillance camera was arranged inside Fury's training camp to record his training and verification process.
Usyk only smiled at this information and continued to practice. However, Mr. Eglis Klimas – the representative of Usyk – did not seem to believe much.
“It seems that Fury deliberately caused injury to have a reason to withdraw from the match with Usyk,” Mr. Klimas said frankly. “Anyway, he doesn't want to face usyk anyway, because he is afraid of failure.”
The Heavyweight Championship match between Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr usyk will take place on May 18.