Oleksandr Usyk hopes to fight Tyson Fury in February.

Boxing General

Oleksandr Usyk hopes to fight Tyson Fury in February.

A historic fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight championship is hoping to take place in February in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

WBC champion Fury will look to wrestle the WBA, WBO, and IBF titles away from Usyk to become the first undisputed heavyweight champion since British compatriot Lennox Lewis over two decades ago.

After months of failed negotiations between the camps earlier this year, Usyk instead beat Daniel Dubois while Fury opted for a crossover bout against Francis Ngannou.

Contracts were signed in September but a proposed 23 December date in Riyadh has been pushed back to next year since the WBC champion’s near-defeat to former UFC champion Ngannou in a non-title bout last month. The Ukrainian holds the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO belts and both he and Fury are unbeaten.