Oleksandr Usyk's promoter says he has an 'obligation' to deliver undisputed fight with Tyson Fury

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Oleksandr Usyk faces disconnected with Tyson Fury

Oleksandr Usyk has an "obligation" to look Tyson Fury successful an undisputed heavyweight rubric fight, the Ukrainian's promoter says.

Unified champion Usyk, 36, defends his WBA (Super), WBO and IBF titles against Briton Daniel Dubois connected Saturday.

Talks for an historical combat against Britain's WBC champion Fury broke down earlier this year.

"It's our work to present this fight," Usyk's promoter Alexander Krassyuk said.

"The full satellite wants to spot this fight. Not conscionable ourselves oregon radical progressive successful boxing, but the full world.

"People who cognize thing astir boxing would emotion to spot the heavyweight undisputed combat for the 4 belts for the archetypal clip successful the four-belt era.

"I tin committedness you and committedness each the fans astir the satellite that I volition bash everything that tin beryllium connected maine to marque this combat happen."

Olympic golden medallist and erstwhile undisputed cruiserweight champion Usyk is undefeated successful 20 nonrecreational fights.

He dethroned Briton Anthony Joshua to go a two-weight champion successful September 2021 earlier winning a rematch 11 months later.

Fury, 35, has won 33 fights with 1 gully since turning nonrecreational successful 2008.

'The Gypsy King' volition face MMA combatant Francis Ngannou successful a non-title bout connected 28 October successful Saudi Arabia, a determination which Usyk says is "not good" for boxing.

Ngannou has nary nonrecreational grounds successful boxing and determination is nary clarification whether the contention volition number arsenic an authoritative bout.

"I deliberation it's casual wealth for Tyson Fury," Usyk said. "I deliberation for maine it looks a small spot strange, to me, excessively strange.

"A feline who is WBC heavyweight champion alternatively of warring a feline from the apical 10, abruptly chooses the feline arsenic his hostile coming from the UFC. For Ngannou, this is cool. But for Tyson Fury, it isn't.

"Your cognition and my cognition are different. You dainty it similar show, I dainty it arsenic an athlete. If helium chooses this way, OK I respect his choice."

Fury faced disapproval for failing to scope presumption with Usyk aft a projected bout astatine London's Wembley Stadium successful April fell through.

It paved the mode for WBA (Regular) champion Dubois, 25, to situation for Usyk's loop successful Wroclaw, Poland.

Dubois acceptable to 'unleash hell' connected Usyk

Usyk - who is simply a dense favourite against the Londoner - does not judge a combat with Fury, and becoming a two-weight undisputed champion, is the last portion to implicit his legacy.

"No, it is not the last point," helium said. "I americium 36, but this is conscionable the beginning. I started boxing astatine the property of 15. It's conscionable the opening now.

"I bash realise determination are not galore years near for maine successful boxing and I don't privation to walk overmuch clip successful boxing. I privation to instrumentality my kids to schoolhouse and whatever."

Despite Krassyuk's assurance a woody tin beryllium reached, British promoter Frank Warren - who represents some Dubois and Fury - believes the younger Briton could halt that from happening.

"How's it going to hap [now] erstwhile Daniel wins?", Warren said.

"I deliberation our antheral beats him. Our antheral beats him and if helium beats him past Usyk is retired of the picture. Then we'll spot wherever we spell from there."

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