Oleksandr Usyk: record, next fight and profile →
Tickets for Anthony Joshua’s IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO Heavyweight World Title defence against Oleksandr Usyk at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Saturday September 25 have sold out within the first 24 hours of going on sale.
Top Rank boss Bob Arum is willing to bypass the biggest boxing match in British history for his own rooting interests. The 89-year-old co-promoter of Tyson Fury would prefer to see Oleksandr Usyk beat Anthony Joshua on Sept. 25 rather than have Joshua beat WBO mandatory challenger Usyk to further help set-up the super fight against Fury -- should the WBC heavyweight champion also beat Deontay Wilder on Oct. 9.
Barry McGuigan believes that Anthony Joshua will beat both Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury. Joshua defends his unified WBA ‘Super’, WBO, IBF and IBO heavyweight world titles against former undisputed cruiserweight king and WBO mandatory challenger, Usyk on September 25 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, believes that the 'Gypsy King' has several alternative options in the event Anthony Joshua is defeated next month. Joshua will defend the WBA, IBF, IBO, WBO heavyweight titles against mandatory challenger Oleksandr Usyk on September 25.
Former cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew certainly believes that Oleksandr Usyk is a big enough puncher to score a stoppage win over Anthony Joshua. Usyk, a former undisputed cruiserweight world champion, will challenge Joshua for the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight titles at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on September 25.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, does not believe Oleksandr Usyk will ever become a full fledged heavyweight.
IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is using Shokran Parwani as a sparring partner. Parwani has experience in emulating the fighting style of Oleksandr Usyk. Joshua will make a mandatory defense against Usyk on September 25 at the Tottenham Stadium in London.
IBF, WBO, WBA, IBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is very to make a statement when he faces mandatory challenger Oleksandr Usyk on September 25.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for WBO, IBF, WBA, IBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, is crossing his fingers that a unification with Tyson Fury will come off in 2022. Joshua and Fury were on the verge of facing each other on a date in August, in Saudi Arabia.
Eddie Hearn envisions a capacity crowd in excess of 60,000 in attendance September 25 for the Anthony Joshua-Oleksandr Usyk fight at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.