Oleksandr Usyk: record, next fight and profile →
If Oleksandr Usyk ever fights again, he will likely do so under a different promotional aegis. The unified heavyweight champion of the world from Ukraine retained his WBO, WBA, IBO and IBF titles by earning a split decision in his competitive 12-round rematch with Anthony Joshua this past Saturday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
There are lots of words that get overused in sports. Legacy is one. Lebron James will have a legacy in the NBA. Tom Brady will have one in the NFL. Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao, Wladimir Klitschko…they all left one in boxing. Most of their supporting players will be what the supporting players in any era are.
Frank Warren, co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, feels confident that his boxer will present "huge problems" for WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA world champion Oleksandr Usyk.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It’d be hard to find a bigger Anthony Joshua fan than I was. Though wiping out the worst title claimant of a generation (Charles Martin, blech!) wasn’t exactly the most compelling way to win a heavyweight title, I remember sitting in the press room at the MGM Grand Garden Arena that spring night in 2016 thinking, “OK, this guy’s going to be a big star.”
Tyson Fury's co-promoter, Frank Warren, says the Saudis would have to come up with a lot of money to secure the rights to a potential undisputed showdown with Oleksandr Usyk.
Heavyweight contender Otto Wallin is ready and willing to face former two-time world champion Anthony Joshua in the month of December.
Frank Warren, co-promoter of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, feels confident that a fight will be made with WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO champion Oleksandr Usyk.
The oddsmakers like Tyson Fury’s chances of becoming the first crowned undisputed heavyweight champion in more than twenty years. Speculation has already run rampant of England’s Fury (32-0-1, 23KOs) ending his faux retirement to put his WBC and lineal championship at stake against unified WBA/IBF/WBO/IBO titlist Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13KOs). Early betting odds already place Fury as high as a -310 favorite to prevail, according to FanDuel Sportsbook, which lists Ukraine’s Usyk as a +195
The promoter of still-reigning unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk believes the ball is now in Tyson Fury’s court. Ukraine’s Usyk successfully defended his WBO, WBA, IBO and IBF heavyweight titles against London's Anthony Joshua in their ballyhooed rematch Saturday night in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, winning a split decision.
Eddie Hearn evidently believes that Anthony Joshua’s bizarre post-fight actions were, in part, attributable to his frustrations with boxing’s sanctioning bodies.