WBO president Gustavo Olivieri has confirmed to talkSPORT.com that the major sanctioning body will not stand in the way of a trilogy bout between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk.
The WBO are next up in the sanctioning body rotation system to order a mandatory challenger for the winner of the upcoming rematch on December 21 for the WBA, WBC and WBO heavyweight titles.
As a result, they could order the victor to face their No.1 contender and then proceed to strip the champion of their version of the world title should he refuse the fight.
The IBF exercised their right to do this in June when they ordered Usyk to face IBF interim champion Daniel Dubois.
Usyk was unable to return the call due to his contracted rematch with Fury and so was forced to relinquish the IBF belt.
Dubois was then elevated from interim to full world champion and went on to defend his red and gold strap by knocking out Anthony Joshua in September.
Saudi boxing chief Turki Alalshikh has stated his intentions to make a rubber match between Fury and Usyk if ‘The Gypsy King’ manages to level the scores this weekend.
And the WBO’s newly appointed president, Olivieri, is happy to go along with that plan so long as the second fight merits a trilogy.
“Absolutely. Why would I or the committee prevent the trilogy taking place?” Olivieri told .com of a possible third fight between Usyk and Fury.
“And I concur with this philosophy: we try to serve what is in the best interest of boxing as far as our rules allow us to…
“In order to leave the door open for a future rematch, we sanctioned the [first] fight with a specific condition whereby the championship committee would reserve its right to order the mandatory when it deemed appropriate.
