World boxing heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk said the only boxer he wants to fight in early 2023 is Tyson Fury.
And Usyk, who defeated Anthony Joshua to keep the WBA, IBF, WBO belts, said Tyson Fury needs to commit to a date after talks have been held to unify the belts.
“Right now my team is seeking conversations with Tyson Fury and he is really an unpredictable person so we can’t guarantee when,’ Usyk told the PA news agency at the Web Summit in Lisbon.
“For me, the idea would be to fight maybe early February or beginning of March, like March 4, because I am an orthodox Christian.
“During the great fasting before Easter I do not fight, so it should be all before or then after orthodox Easter (April 16).
“I want to fight with Fury because I need the fourth belt and I don’t want to fight with anyone else until I have the fourth belt.
“I would be really happy to see it happen in the Olympic Arena in Ukraine. But it is not me who chooses the venue so I guess it will (this time) be Saudi Arabia.”
