Oleksandr Usyk: record, next fight and profile →
Alexander Krassyuk, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, feels confident that his boxer would defeat both Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder.
Anthony Joshua is once again out for revenge. The 2012 Olympic Gold medalist and former two-time unified heavyweight titlist has officially exercised the rematch clause in his contract with Oleksandr Usyk, setting up a second fight with his recent conqueror.
In an interview with Gareth A. Davies, Tyson Fury has told William Hill that he believes Deontay Wilder is still his most dangerous opponent in the heavyweight division due to his “single-punch power” ahead of their trilogy fight in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
The winner of this weekend’s heavyweight trilogy clash will leave the ring with marching orders already in place. The WBC is prepared to order a mandatory title defense for whomever prevails in the third fight between England’s Tyson Fury (30-0-1, 21KOs) and Alabama’s Deontay Wilder (42-1-1, 41KOs). The pair of heavyweight behemoths collide this Saturday on Pay-Per-View from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, with Fury attempting the first defense of the WBC and lineal championship.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is confident he would topple newly crowned champion Oleksandr Usyk if they meet in the ring next year. (photo by Ryan Hafey)
Undefeated WBC heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury has offered to train his British rival, Anthony Joshua, for the upcoming rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.
After unanimously decisioning Anthony Joshua to win the WBO, WBA, IBF and IBO titles, Oleksandr Usyk is now a power player in the sport’s glamour division. Usyk disrupted Joshua’s undisputed heavyweight championship plans with a definitive win over the British boxer, and Joshua’s superfight with WBC champion Tyson Fury is off for the time being.
Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder was not shocked by last month's big occurrence, when Anthony Joshua suffered a twelve round unanimous decision loss to Oleksandr Usyk, who walked away with the WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO world titles.
THE BIGGEST FIGHT in British heavyweight history, for the time being at least, went up in a puff of Ukrainian smoke at the home of Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday night.
Olympic silver medal winner Joe Joyce admits that Oleksandr Usyk is a better opponent for him to fight - when compared to Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury.