Tyson Fury has just been lifted from his “boxing ban” today, while Usyk remains sidelined until June, which has left many fans shocked… The news of both Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk being banned from boxing following the undisputed championship bout just a week ago was only revealed yesterday. Notably, the regulatory body issuing the ban is the United Arab Emirates Boxing Federation.
The Fury-Usyk bout took place last week in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, but the UAE Boxing Federation was the invited authority to oversee and decide on technical and medical issues related to this epic showdown. Based on “the injuries sustained by Fury and Usyk after the match,” the regulatory body has “banned Tyson Fury from boxing for… one week following his loss to Usyk.” Usyk’s ban is even longer