Francis Ngannou could not have overwhelmed Tyson Fury, however he did delay him.
Per a report from ESPN on Tuesday, Fury will unify the boxing heavyweight titles in opposition to Oleksandr Usyk on February 17 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
In October, Fury confronted Ngannou in a 10-round boxing match that was largely seen to be a tune-up struggle for Fury earlier than his then-planned heavyweight boxing title unification bout in opposition to Usyk on December 23. As a substitute of a heat up, Fury obtained all he may deal with for 10 rounds, and was even dropped by Ngannou, earlier than eking out a cut up determination victory.
The harder-than-expected bout led Fury to postpone the Usyk matchup to 2024, and now it seems we lastly have a brand new date.
Fury, the WBC heavyweight champion, will put his title on the road Usyk and his WBA, IBF, WBO, IBO, and The Ring titles. The winner would be the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis in 2000.
Ngannou, in the meantime, continues to be retaining his choices open for what comes subsequent in his profession, however has stated {that a} rematch with Fury, maybe for the heavyweight boxing titles, is what he wants most.
