The WBC president, Mauricio Sulaiman, stated that Anthony Joshua would be given the opportunity to face the victor of the Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk match for the undisputed heavyweight title following his knockout of Francis Ngannou. Fury and Usyk are scheduled to fight in Saudi Arabia on May 18 for the championship belts, with a rematch set for later this year. Joshua is eager for his opportunity after defeating former UFC champion Ngannou with a second-round knockout. The WBC president, Mauricio Sulaiman, has announced that Joshua can fight either Fury or Usyk without any objections from the WBC. Learn more about Roman Fury and his connection to Tyson Fury following the match on the Joshua v Ngannou undercard. Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter is adamant that WBC champion Tyson Fury needs’the right contract’ to fight.
Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter says that Fury needs’right contract” to fight.
Tyson Fury has been encouraged to “stop fighting with everybody” by the promoter of Oleksandr Usyk.
Tyson Fury has been told to “stop fighting with everyone” by Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter.
Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter tells Tyson Fury to stop fighting everyone.
Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter urges Tyson Fury to stop fighting everyone.
Tyson Fury urged by Oleksandr Usyk promoter to avoid everyone.
The promoter of Oleksandr Usyk encourages Tyson Fury to fight everyone.
The promoter of Oleksandr Usyk has urged Tyson Fury to “stop fighting everybody”.
Tyson Fury advised by Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter to ‘stop fighting with everyone’.
Tyson Fury urged by Oleksandr Usy He informed Sky Sports that a request was submitted to the WBC for sanction to fight for the title of undisputed champion. The WBC agreed to the sanctioning and we have agreed to the rematch they requested. If there are no contractual or promotional issues involved, we would gladly accept the winner to face Joshua. The WBC has been closely monitoring this situation. We have cleared the way for a rematch and another high-level fight to happen. The WBC is fully supportive of the undisputed champion facing the fights that fans are eager to see. Sulaiman described Joshua’s victory over Ngannou as incredibly astonishing.
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