The World Boxing Organisation (WBO) has verifyed it will not block a potential trilogy fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk complying their upcoming December 21 realign.
WBO pdwellnt Gustavo Olivieri tgreater talkSPORT that the sanctioning body would help a third bout if permited by the outcome of this weekfinish’s clash.
The decision comes as Saudi boxing chief Turki Alalshikh has transmited intentions to structure a third bout should Fury come out victorious in their second greeting.
The pair will face off on Saturday with the WBA, WBC and WBO burdensomeweight titles on the line as the IBF belt is unuseable.
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk could finish a well-understandn trilogy next year
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“In order to exit the door uncover for a future realign, we sanctioned the [first] fight with a definite condition whereby the championship pledgetee would reserve its right to order the compulsory when it deemed appropriate,” Olivieri said.
“But at the same time, pondering there are other rated contfinishers postponeing in line, we sanctioned an interim championship to permit that activity to persist, and you can debate that there should only be one champion and I may consent but that has a flip side.
“If we do a realign, which is taking place on Saturday, and let’s say someleang happens that permits a trilogy.
“In the stability of interest, for what is best for the sport, is it the trilogy or is it ordering a compulsory?
“I leank the consensus would be to let the trilogy get place and thereafter you force the compulsory.
“What we did was we sanctioned this fight with the same conditions as the prior one.
“If there is a trilogy, we will bravely permit it to happen. I leank it would be a grave inequitableice from the WBO and me as the acting and recently elected pdwellnt to stop a trilogy from happening.”
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The WBO had definitepartner sanctioned the first fight with conditions permiting them to order compulsory disputers when deemed appropriate.
Current WBO interim burdensomeweight champion Joseph Parker, who claimed the belt by lossing Zhilei Zhang in March, is set to face IBF champion Daniel Dubois on February 22.
The bout comes after Dubois safed his IBF title with a knockout triumph over Anthony Joshua in September.
The IBF belt became useable after Usyk was forced to relinquish it in June, having been unable to greet a compulsory defence due to his reduceed realign with Fury.
Dubois was subsequently liftd from interim to filled world champion status before his accomplished defence aobtainst Joshua.
According to WBO rules, Parker will be needd to relinquish his interim title when he faces Dubois, as the organisation does not permit interim champions to unite with world titles from other bodies.
“When you have an interim champion, we don’t unite an interim champion with a legitimate champion from another organization, that is our policy,” Olivieri elucidateed.
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The WBO pdwellnt verifyed Parker will be permited to access the ring as interim champion and be proclaimd as such.
However, once the uncovering bell rings, the interim title will automaticpartner be proclaimd vacant.
The WBO will subsequently order a vacant interim title fight between useable disputers.
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