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Might December 21 be the final dance for each Usyk and Fury? Photograph Credit score: Stephen Dunkley/Queensberry Promotions Subsequent week’s rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury is among the most vital heavyweight match-ups in latest reminiscence.
Fury will try to attain revenge over Usyk on the Kingdom Enviornment in Riyadh, the identical venue at which he suffered his sole profession defeat by the hands of the masterful Ukrainian again in Might.
If ‘The Gypsy King’ is to emerge victorious, many observers consider a protracted overdue home conflict with Anthony Joshua is a forged iron certainty to happen in 2025.
Nonetheless, DAZN’s Ade Oladipo has weighed in along with his two cents – and he sees issues barely in a different way.
Talking on his YouTube channel, Oladipo admitted he truly thinks BOTH males will retire after their crunch rematch in Saudi Arabia.
Usyk put in a elegant efficiency to beat Fury of their first struggle Photograph Credit score: Mikey Williams/Prime Rank
“What happens after the fight? Where do both go?
“The more I think about it, I do think that we won’t see both in the ring again after December 21st.
“I know that might sound crazy because we’ve heard a lot about Klitschko returning, AJ vs Fury – there’s hundreds of millions of pounds out there, I get that.
“But I just feel like both of them will retire, I really do. Maybe not announce retirement, but I just don’t think we’ll see them again.
“Sometimes you’ve just got to look at what is out there for both.”
“𝗨𝗦𝗬𝗞 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗧 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗡𝗨𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥” 🤷♂️
Although their first assembly was for undisputed standing, solely three belts might be on the road this time, after Usyk was compelled to vacate the IBF title, with Daniel Dubois turning into full champion.
There are massive query marks over what method Fury will undertake second time round, with some calling for him to return in barely heavier and undertake a entrance foot method, much like the gameplan that noticed him cease Deontay Wilder again in 2020.
Ought to Fury topple Usyk, he’ll turn into solely the fourth man in historical past to turn into a three-time heavyweight world champion, alongside Muhammad Ali, Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis.