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World Boxing Council heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury, suffered a cut above his right eyebrow in a sparring session, so the fight on February 17, against Oleksandr Usyk, has been postponed.
It was scheduled for February 17 in Saudi Arabia, with DAZN, Sky Sports and TNT Sports distributing the fight on pay-per-view.
The cut opened above Fury’s right eye and required significant healing, Queensberry Promotions said in a statement.
Fury is the WBC Heavyweight Champion, while Usyk holds the WBO, IBF and WBA heavyweight crowns.
The winner of Fury vs Usyk will become the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis defeated Evander Holyfield in 1999.
Fury has won 34 and drawn one of his 35 professional fights, against Deontay Wilder in the first fight of his trilogy in December 2018, while Ukraine’s Usyk is 21-0.
Usyk has defeated British boxers in his last four fights, with victories over Derek Chisora in 2020 and Daniel Dubois last August, combining successive points victories over Anthony Joshua.
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