Egis Klimas, manager Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs), confirmed previous statements that the fight of the Ukrainian with Daniel Dubois (19-1, 18 KOs) for the IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight belts can take place in Poland.
The Englishman is the mandatory contender for the Ukrainian according to the WBA. So far, no agreement has been reached on this fight, which is why the leadership of the World Boxing Association has appointed a tender for May 25, which will select the organizer of this fight.
“We have assurances from the Dubois camp that he has recovered from his knee injury and will be ready to fight in the summer. Next week we will have a tender, and then we'll see what happens. It would make sense to hold the fight in the UK, but we are also thinking of organizing it in Poland, where many Ukrainians now live. We would have no problem selling the football stadium, and we also have support from the Minister of Sports of Poland,” Klimas said.
Usyk had to fight in Poland before. In September 2016, in Gdansk, he won his first title in professional boxing. As a mandatory contender for the WBO belt, the Ukrainian confidently defeated Krzysztof Głowacki and took away the belt in the first heavyweight from him.
