What's next for Usyk? State of the HW division

So it looks like Parker and Kabayel are going their separate ways due to Usyk saying he is injured, but also taking a good amount of time off. Do you think he comes back and defends against Parker next year or does he simply retire at this point? Seems like other than Usyk, the HW division is pretty thin. Wilder, Fury, AJ, Zhang are all but done. Usyk has 1-2 fights tops. That leaves Itauma, Parker and Kabayel as the top 3 guys. Dubois seems like he is in limbo and back to rebuilding. Not much excitement here aside from Itauma. Thoughts on how the next 2-3 years plays out post Usyk?

Comments (3)

AllHailKingFloyd

He should fight Ruiz for the Snickers belt.

8mo ago

Willow_The_Wisp

When the heavyweight division seems thin, it's generally because promoters are failing in their job of letting people know who these people are and where they're coming from. It's simply a knowledge gap. Why? Getting to the top in boxing is the hardest task is all of sports, and a big, powerful man who is genuinely, genuinely tough will always be equipped with the confidence to put himself out there for a shot at a few hundred million. The world never runs out of these unique people. Fun here. 2025 guessing around 2029 4 trips around the sun World Champion - Moses Itauma 1. Leo Atang 2. Joshua Edwards 3. Bakhodir Jalolov 4. Richard Torrez Jr 5. Lenier Pero 6. Joseph Parker 7. Teremoana Teremoana 8. Arslan Yallyev 9. Jared Anderson 10.Agit Kabayel 11.Dainier Pero 12.Daniel Dubois 13.Alexis Barriere 14.Justis Huni 15.Damian Knyba 16.Dante Stone 17.Lawrence Okolie 18.Mourad Aliev 19.Gurgen Hovhannisyan 20.Vartan Arutyunyan 21.Artem Suslenkov 22.Albon Pervizaj 23.Willy Kyakonye 24.Sonny Conto 25.Julio Cesar La Cruz 26.Leroy Clark 27.Adam Olaniyan 28.Kelvin Watts 29.Diego Lenzi 30.Nnajai Wright 31.Svetoslav Teterin 32.Jakhongir Zokirov 33.Nelvie Tiafack 34.Dmytro Lovchynskyi 35.Mark Petrovsky 36.Martin McDonagh 37.Donte Banks 38.Alexander Shaw 39.Joe Rinaldi 40.David Surov 41.Ayoub Ghadfa 42.Maxim Babanin 43.Marcel Jerome 44.Abner Teixeira 45.Djamili Moindze

8mo ago

Boxing_112

I wanted to see Parker vs Kabayel but since we got Parker vs Wardley I don't mind seeing Dubois vs Kabayel and Itauma vs Hrgovic. Even if Usyk is ordered to fight Parker vs Wardley winner i'm not sure Usyk will take it. He has been undisputed heavyweight twice the belts are not that important any more, just more fees keeping hold of them all and being told who to fight when you can choose who you want to fight. Neither Parker or Wardley are big names, neither is going to do big numbers, and Turki won't pay for that. If Itauma beats Hrgovic they might try to make Usyk vs Itauma next year, I know there probably isnt any point but I would not be surprised if Usyk Fury is made at Wembley next April

8mo ago