“Godfather” Bob Arum has just confirmed that Tyson Fury has activated the rematch clause and the Fury-Usyk 2 match can still be a match for all 4 prestigious heavyweight belts…
A few hours ago, the head of the famous Top Rank promotion agency, “godfather” Bob Arum, confirmed that Tyson Fury had activated the rematch clause with Oleksandr Usyk that had been previously agreed upon in the contract. Thus, after the world classic boxing heavyweight title unification match on May 19, the Tyson Fury vs Usyk match will definitely have “episode 2”.
In fact, right at the press conference after the fight a week ago, Tyson Fury himself announced that he would activate the rematch clause. Meanwhile, Usyk also expressed his desire to “defeat Fury again to convince his opponent”.
Regarding the time and location of the Fury-Usyk 2 match, according to famous manager Bob Arum, “the match could take place at the end of this year or at the latest in the beginning of the new year 2025 and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) will continue to be the where we witnessed the showdown of the century”.
Previously, there were many sources saying that the Tyson Fury vs Usyk 2 match would take place in mid-October this year. The most important figure to speak out in support of this timeline is Turki Alalshikh, head of the Saudi Arabia Entertainment Department, the unit that has been organizing the world’s most popular boxing events for the past 5 years.
Another particularly important detail that many people are interested in is whether the Fury-Usyk 2 match will still be the deciding match for all of the world’s most prestigious boxing belts including WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO (plus The Ring title), as well as the title of “absolute champion” in the heavyweight division.
Usyk currently owns all the heavyweight belts. But right after defeating Tyson Fury to unify the title, Usyk faced the prospect of having to give up the IBF title soon, because he could not immediately fight his mandatory designated challenger, Filip Hrgovic, within the month. 6 this. Instead, the Filip Hrgovic vs Daniel Dubois match at the famous boxing event on June 1 will determine the owner of the IBF heavyweight belt.
However, in the latest developments, there is an optimistic signal for Usyk that “the Ukrainian boxer is likely to continue to be favored to retain the IBF title when entering the rematch with Tyson Fury”.
