
Hearn Expects IBF To Order Usyk-Hrgovic, Wants To Get Fight Done For December
Eddie Hearn, promoter for heavyweight contender Filip Hrgovic, expects the IBF to order a mandatory fight with world champion Oleksandr Usyk in the coming days.
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Eddie Hearn, promoter for heavyweight contender Filip Hrgovic, expects the IBF to order a mandatory fight with world champion Oleksandr Usyk in the coming days.

Oleksandr Usyk will be a very interested observer in the upcoming fight between WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and former UFC beltholder Francis Ngannou. The non-title fight is scheduled to take place on October 28 in Saudi Arabia.

Filip Hrgovic could be in position to catch Oleksandr Usyk on the decline, at least according to Hrgovic’s own promoter. Last Saturday night, Usyk, the unified WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO heavyweight champion, stopped mandatory challenger Daniel

Oleksandr Usyk will have to wait at least one more fight for any shot at fuly unifying the heavyweight crown. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the IBF is prepared to order its mandatory title defense between Usyk and number-one contender Filip Hrgovic. The plan has been in place all month but parked due to the rotational system in place for unified titlists.

IBF mandatory challenger Filip Hrgovic will be a very interested party in Saturday's fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois. Usyk will defend the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO titles against Dubois in Poland.

Filip Hrgovic will watch with an analytical eye from a ringside seat August 26, when Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois will fight for Usyk’s heavyweight titles.

Hrgovic, McKean Fight Photos Gallery - O2 Arena, London - In a bout between undefeated heavyweights, Filip Hrgovic (16-0, 13 KOs) failed to impress, but stopped Demsey McKean (22-1,14 KOs) in the twelfth and final round. (photos by Mark Robinson)

O2 Arena, London - Filip Hgrovic maintained his No.1 position with the IBF - but it was not pretty. The big Croatian stopped Demsey McKean after 1:01 of the 12th round when a big right hook hurt him.

Hrgovic, McKean Weights Photos Gallery - Today' weigh-in in London ahead of this weekend’s Heavyweight Main Event between Anthony Joshua and Robert Helenius at The O2 Arena Live Worldwide on DAZN. (photos by Mark Robinson)

Anthony Joshua was a little lighter Friday for his fight against Robert Helenius on Saturday night than he was for his previous bout. Joshua (25-3, 22 KOs), a former IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion from Watford, England, stepped on the British Boxing Board of Control’s scale at exactly 250 pounds.