Oleksandr Usyk hopes his heavyweight world title fight with Tyson Fury will take place in February in Saudi Arabia.
The Ukrainian was set to fight Fury on 23 December but promoter Frank Warren said last week that is “unlikely”.
Fury secured a controversial split-decision victory over former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou in the Gulf kingdom last month. Usyk, 36, said he was ready for the December bout but a new date could be decided next week. Speaking to Reuters through an interpreter from his training camp in Valencia, Spain, Usyk said he would “very much like” the Fury fight to happen in February.
“I was ready to fight on the 23rd but since Fury got some injuries in the last fight, a knockdown, then probably it will be postponed to next year,” he said.
