Comments Thread For: Fabio Wardley: If it was anyone other than Oleksandr Usyk, you?d say he was ducking me

[hugh grant]

Now we don't know if Fabio would have choked on the big occasion of a title fight. Now he's been given belt pressure is off. Fabio might look like a better fighter in his next fights as a result

[joe strong]

Correct. I just think Oleksandr Uysk at this stage of his career, believes he has nothing left to prove 'especially against heavyweight fighters coming up below him in the division like Fabio Wardley and Moses Itauma'.

I have also stated for a long time that? People within the boxing community, really do molly coddle Oleksandr Uysk 'and they have been treating him this way since fighting both Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury twice back to back. It is unprecedented behaviour, and something I have never seen before in the heavyweight division'.

Note: Ether Oleksandr Uysk wants to defend his titles or not 'all I know? Is that Anthony Joshua as a heavyweight champion, never voluntary vacated any of his world titles. Joshua once upon a time could have behaved in this manner, and avoided his original fight vs Oleksandr Uysk I, but he did not. He chose to defend his titles as a heavyweight champion against all comers'.

Oleksandr Uysk has voluntary vacated two of his world titles both the IBF and now the WBO titles 'but because there are sections of the boxing community, who molly coddle him? You will notice that media outlets or articles have been written that used a tone that Uysk had been harshly treated and stripped of his titles'.

To conclude: The facts are Oleksandr Uysk is a great fighter, very talented 'the most accomplished active fighter in the sport. But I still don't regard him as a great heavyweight champion, or consider him as one of the heavyweight mountains of this era'.

By the time Oleksandr Uysk entered the heavyweight division, Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder 'had already on combination cleared out the entire division. All the major titles fights of this era, had already taken place. And arguable all three heavyweight mountains were outside of their peak form'.

So I am not one of those individuals who say things like 'Oleksandr Uysk has nothing to prove. Because in reality? If you are an active heavyweight fighter, and you have all the heavyweight titles i.e. you are the undisputed champion. Then you have still something to prove as a champion, you have to defend those titles against all comers. If you are unable to do this, then I am not going to rate you as a all-time great heavyweight champion' etc.

Your hero Joshua feasted on past their prime fighters… Never fought Wilder or Fury & got smashed by Dubois & Ruiz

[jas]

usyk just said on boxingkingmedia that he wants wilder next.

it probably happens.

i can see usyk fighting wardley after that, usyk would be a huge favourite in that fight . maybe he wants to see more of wardley in a title defence and wait a bit

[PRINCEKOOL]

Your hero Joshua feasted on past their prime fighters… Never fought Wilder or Fury & got smashed by Dubois & Ruiz

Anthony Joshua is one of the three Heavyweight Mountains which define this era of boxing, those are the facts. There is no need to be upset about it.

Note: Anthony Joshua fought all the top contenders during his reign, so he never fought Wilder or Fury 'they never fought Anthony Joshua at his peak, and it is common knowledge that they both fought each other to avoid Joshua'.

It is 2025, and we are now approaching 2026. Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder, are still avoiding the fight with Joshua 'so you can stop trying to promote that narrative'.

Where is Andy Ruiz Junior now? People over exaggerated Joshua's first loss to Ruiz Junior 'Anthony Joshua avenged his loss, and if you check boxing history. It appears that Anthony Joshua's rematch win vs Andy Ruiz Junior II, has inflicted the most damage on Ruiz Junior. Since losing the World titles in his first ever title defense vs Anthony Joshua II, Ruiz Junior has done nothing much in the game'.

joe strong, I have seen some of your posts throughout the years on these forums 'and? I know that you are a Joseph Parker fan'.

Joseph Parker when he was undefeated WBO World Champion, was beaten by Anthony Joshua quite easily 'without even getting out of second gear. And since losing his WBO World titles, Joseph Parker disappeared for the best part of half a decade, at the absolute peak of this heavyweight era'.

To conclude: Anthony Joshua may have been beaten a few times in his career, and those loses may have been traumatic 'but at least he has continued to get back up and fight on in the game. Also it must be acknowledged? That Joshua has achieved a feat that neither Tyson Fury nor Deontay Wilder have been able to achieve. Out of those three heavyweight mountains of this era, it is only Anthony Joshua who was able to avenge a loss on his resume'.

Both Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder, have been unable to avenge any losses in their careers 'once they were beaten, they stayed that way. Oleksandr Uysk had two fights against Tyson Fury and effectively forced him into retirement. Anthony Joshua had two fights against Oleksandr Uysk, and he is still here and has ambition to become a 3 times World Heavyweight Champion' etc.

[RingoKid]

^^^This guy and his heavyweight brokeback mountain adventure with Joshua who supposedly fought every other contender except the 2 other mountains...lol