Bob Arum Doesn’t Expect It Will Be Difficult In Making Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk
Bob Arum doesn’t think it will be hard to make Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk.
After Usyk beat Anthony Joshua in the rematch he said he will only fight again if he gets the Fury fight, while the Brit also said he would come out of retirement to make it happen. Now, many fans hope to see the fight happen and Fury’s promoter in Arum believes he can make the fight as he knows it’s the only fight Fury wants.
“We’re fielding offers right now from sites that wanna do the fight,” Arum told BoxingScene.com. “And then we’ll give it another week or so, get together with both sides and get it put together. There’s no question that is the fight, the only one that makes sense in the heavyweight division. You have two outstanding fighters, neither of whom have ever lost. Both of them, collectively, own all the belts. What better can it be? Nobody would say that if we made the Fury-Usyk fight that either of them should be fighting somebody else. Nobody would say that. Everybody would say that it’s the best fight for either guy…
“I consider myself a good friend of Usyk,” Arum later added. “I’ve been around Usyk for years, since we signed Lomachenko. Usyk and I have a lot of laughs together. I’ve been with him a lot, so yeah, I don’t think it will be difficult putting it together. What we’re waiting for is fielding offers from various sites on the live gate.”
If the fight gets made, there is no question multiple places will want to host the fight as it is one of the biggest fights in recent memory. Bob Arum also knows site fees are how they will be able to pay for both Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk‘s purses.
“Saudi Arabia I think had a good experience with the last fight that they did,” Arum said in reference to the Usyk-Joshua rematch at Jeddah Superdome. “And Qatar is hosting this enormous World Cup event [in November and December], so they might be interested. And then, I’m sure Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, will be interested. So, yeah, we’ll take all of that into account. And there is a lot of interest from people in the United States. I think there’s a group of casinos in Las Vegas that are trying to get together and bring the event to Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. So, that’s all up in the air. We’ll all decide what the best deal is. It’ll be in consultation with Queensberry, Frank Warren and his son, George, and the fighters. But we’re in a great position.”
As of right now, there is no word on whether or not Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk will actually happen.
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