Tyson Fury v Oleksandr Usyk undisputed heavyweight fight confirmed for February 17 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk’s highly-anticipated heavyweight fight will take place on February 17 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Fury and Usyk are both undefeated in their boxing careers and will be aiming to become undisputed heavyweight champion.

Fury is the WBC title holder while Usyk holds the WBA, WBO and IBF championship belts.

"I'm about as excited as I was last week, last month and three months ago or six months ago when I knew the fight was happening," Fury told the Daily Mail.

The fight has been some time in the making.

It was agreed in September and was originally proposed for December 23.

However, it was pushed back after Fury’s split-decision win over Francis Ngannou.

Fury and Usyk faced off in the ring after the fight in Saudi Arabia and will do so again when they meet in February.

Usyk told TNT Sports how his fight with Fury was finally made with "very few people involved".

“He called his manager and invited me and my children to visit him.

“I think we came to an agreement because very few people were involved.

“People who didn’t need to be involved in the negotiations were excluded and this led to the signing of the contract.”

Usyk also said he would not be using Fury’s showing against Ngannou as easy material in any trash talk.

“No, I am a man, I don’t work like that. Tyson Fury is closer to me than Ngannou. Ngannou is a nice guy and I respect him. I just can’t use dirty tricks. I have children and my sons watch me, many people watch and follow me.

“One cannot behave like a pig and remain a human being at the same time. If you behave like a pig, you are a pig,” he said.

Prior to the Ngannou fight, Fury had not been in the ring since last December when he took on Derek Chisora in a trilogy rematch.

Usyk faced mandatory challenger Daniel Dubois in Poland in August, where he won a controversial match by stoppage in the ninth round.

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