{"id":293770,"date":"2023-11-12T00:27:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T00:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=293770"},"modified":"2023-11-12T00:27:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T00:27:07","slug":"frank-warren-teases-historical-night-of-boxing-on-december-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/boxing\/frank-warren-teases-historical-night-of-boxing-on-december-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Warren teases &apos;historical&apos; night of boxing on December 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Frank Warren teases &#8216;historical&#8217; night of boxing on December 23 &#8211; but the card WON&#8217;T feature Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk as fans wait for date of rescheduled clash to be released<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The promoter kept details of the fight night under wraps as he shared new plan\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Ukrainian fighter is &#8216;hopeful&#8217; of meeting the Gypsy King in February 2024\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk fight details out THIS WEEK: Listen to The Hook\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Frank Warren has teased a &#8216;historical night&#8217; of boxing on December 23 &#8211; the date initially earmarked for the highly anticipated clash between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two heavyweight titans had been in negotiations for almost a year to bring the long-awaited battle to fruition, with the pre-Christmas date all but confirmed ahead of Fury&#8217;s showdown with MMA star Francis Ngannou.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, Fury and Usyk&#8217;s plans were scuppered by the fearsome performance shown by the Cameroonian fighter against the Gypsy King in their &#8216;Battle of the Baddest&#8217; clash in Riyadh.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ngannou took Fury to all 10 rounds and even suceeded in knocking the lineal heavyweight champion down in the early stages of the contest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A black eye and a cut forehead were among the injuries inflicted on the 35-year-old by Ngannou, which prompted a delay to his meeting with Usyk factoring in increased recovery time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/10\/12\/77648609-12734419-image-a-95_1699618840488.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Frank Warren has teased an alternative fight night for December 23 after Tyson Fury&#8217;s match-up with Oleksandyr Usyk was delayed<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/10\/12\/77648599-12734419-image-a-94_1699618837392.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The two fighters&#8217; (pictured) long-awaited meeting was pushed back after Fury&#8217;s unexpectedly difficult clash with Francis Ngannou<\/p>\n<p>But Fury&#8217;s promoter Warren was keen to tell boxing fans that they could anticipate a landmark line-up on the original date, albeit one a little different to their initial expectations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There&#8217;s gonna be a big night in December, we&#8217;ll be announcing it very soon and it will be massive,&#8217; Warren told talkSPORT. &#8216;You&#8217;re gonna love it, I promise you you&#8217;re gonna love it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I can&#8217;t give you all the information at the moment, but everything&#8217;s going in the right direction for something to be a historical night of boxing.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8216;It&#8217;s gonna feature boxers from all over the world. You will be surprised by the names.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There&#8217;s some great fights involving British fighters too.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Warren also reassured fans that the Fury-Usyk match-up will be going ahead at a later date, after the Ukrainian fighter squared off with Fury in Saudi Arabia in the wake of his split-decision victory.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That fight is signed, it was originally expected to take place on December 23, it&#8217;s been pushed back, and it will take place in the early part of the New Year,&#8217; Warren added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/10\/12\/77648781-12734419-image-a-96_1699618990427.jpg\" height=\"453\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old is keen for his next match-up after dispatching Danuel Dubois in August<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That fight will happen, massive fight. The first time an undisputed (heavyweight) fight has taken place this century.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;For me as a promoter, it just gets better and better. The events get bigger and bigger and it&#8217;s just fabulous.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Usyk&#8217;s promoter told Mail Sport&#8217;s boxing podcast The Hook that the date of the contest could be announced as soon as this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old is currently taking part in his pre-fight training camp in Valencia, and when asked about potential timings for the fight, Usyk shared that he was hopeful of meeting Fury in &#8216;February&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/10\/12\/77648523-0-image-a-93_1699618267720.jpg\" height=\"183\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12734419\/Frank-Warren-December-23-Tyson-Fury-Oleksandr-Usyk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank Warren teases &#8216;historical&#8217; night of boxing on December 23 &#8211; but the card WON&#8217;T feature Tyson Fury and Oleksandr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293769,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Frank Warren teases &amp;apos;historical&amp;apos; 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