Unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk will fight only the WBC ruler Tyson Fury, the Ukrainian fighter has said.
“Usyka” was last seen in August when he retained his WBA, IBF and WBO belts after a split-decision victory over Anthony Joshua in Jeddah.
Talks over an undisputed heavyweight contest with WBC-belt holder Fury took place immediately after the fight in Saudi Arabia, but the Brit will instead face Derek Chisora at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium next month.
“For me, the idea would be to fight maybe early February or the 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).
“The organisers are trying to figure out where they can earn more money. For me, yes, I would really like to fight in Ukraine. The country is really capable of hosting this kind of fight.
“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.”
Fury will fight Chisora on December 3, a third meeting between the pair, and Usyk questioned why it needed to take place.
“I don’t know why he needs this fight. Maybe he thinks because it would be one year without a fight, now he needs
it. I think it is some manoeuvre because I don’t know why he needs this.”