Comments Thread For: Oleksandr Usyk vacates WBO title; Fabio Wardley elevated from interim

[RingoKid]

If he gets a rematch with Fabio, he has a chance. He gave Wardley a shot, so he should return the favor.

In a fair and just world that would be the case, unfortunately that world is not this one, so i won't be holding my breath.

[joe strong]

Usyk should just retire...

[Toffee]

In a fair and just world that would be the case, unfortunately that world is not this one, so i won't be holding my breath.

If he was giving anyone a rematch it should be Huni. He earned another go around...

In this strange sport, it's ironic that the guy that isn't ranked highly and no-one is talking about is the one that Wardley will steer clear of forever.

[RockyKO]

Now what was Pollywog saying about...

...Usyk emailing a belt, putting Fabio through a well paid war and then challenging again to become 3 times undisputed, undefeated GOAT legacy ?

So who should Wardley defend against. Rematch Parker would be the obvious choice except Oilskin slipped up.

Gotta be a patsy that draws British eyes and bums to a U.K stadium. Fisheyes has a full roster of heavyweight patsies to fill the role.

I'm picking Okolie...

I'd rather see Hrgovic but it may not be the best business decision since he isn't British.

[RockyKO]

4 times undisputed - once at cruiser, twice at heavy when he won the belt back against dubois. Clearly he wants to separate himself from Terence and put himself back in the lead.

Reckon that’s what it is, one more money fight by winning the belt back, a two fight plan.

He probably dropped the WBA belt so he could get two big money fights with AJ and Fury. We saw that with Lubin who turned down a title shot just to get paid more by having his breaks smashed in by Ortiz. Boxing needs to find a way to make World Championship fights the more lucrative and enticing fights for top contenders.

[SteveM]

From white collar to HW world champion.

I wonder if he falls off like Emma radacanu. I suspect he will.

[Boxviewer]

Maybe Usyk wants to become three-time undisputed heavyweight champion. So, Wardley vs Usyk could be the fight to make next year.

[Misia]

Joshua vs Paul cancelled. Fabio Wordley to make is first defense against Joshua?

[kiaba360]

Joshua vs Paul cancelled. Fabio Wordley to make is first defense against Joshua?

They're both trained by Ben Davison, so that's unlikely. Itauma is also trained by Davison, so that's unlikely too.