Boxing president admits to ‘VAR’ chance for Tyson Fury battle with Usyk
WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has admitted Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk’s unification bout may have a model of VAR.
Fury and Usyk have been on a collision course ever because the Ukrainian dismantled Anthony Joshua in 2022. And the pair are lastly set to step into the ring on 18 May in Saudi Arabia.
However, the bout would possibly look barely totally different to what Boxing followers usually view. Speaking to Gambling.com, Sulaiman admitted boxing may usher in its personal model of VAR: “We began on the spot replays 12 years in the past.
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“We have used it in Japan, Canada, Mexico, Europe, the United States and every other major territory. We have used it with the British Board of Control twice and in the last fight between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou where Fury was cut.
“The referee didn’t see the supply of the minimize and within the big screening we noticed it was a headbutt, so we immediately dominated it as a headbutt. We will need to have on the spot reply, particularly in fights like this as a result of the very last thing you need is controversy that kills the game.
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“We will fight very hard to have instant replays for Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk and in all major fights moving forward. We have to use the technology that is available and make the best out of it.”
Fury posses the one heavyweight belt Usyk would not personal, the WBC Heavyweight Championship. Usyk had been hoping to get his arms on the Gypsy King in February, however a freak minimize to Fury’s face in coaching noticed the battle postponed. AJ may have a eager eye on the battle – and he is set his eyes on the winner after ruthlessly knocking out Ngannou.
