Fury and Usyk will fight on February 17: ESPN confirms

Just yesterday a rumor appeared that the fight between Alexander Usik And Tyson Fury for the title of absolute world heavyweight champion will take place on February 17 in Riyadh. Today this information was confirmed by the authoritative publication ESPN US.

“Urgent: the Tyson Fury-Alexander Usyk fight for the title of absolute world heavyweight champion will take place on February 17 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,” says a post published on the portal’s Instagram account.

Let us remind you that Usik’s fight with Fury was originally planned for December 23, but Tyson was injured in the fight with Ngannou, so the duel with Usik was postponed.