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Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte believes Oleksandr Usyk has little to no chance of upsetting IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. The World Boxing Organization recently ordered Joshua to make a mandatory defense against Usyk.
Frank Warren, co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has fired back at Eddie Hearn, who guides the career of WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA champion Anthony Joshua. In a recent interview, Hearn lashed out over last week's crumbling of the Fury vs. Joshua unification.
Luis Ortiz (32-2) is hoping to get a big fight in the near future. The former world title challenger was last in the ring in November when he blew out an overmatched Alexander Flores in 1 round in a Premier Boxing Champions on Fox telecast.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is not convinced that everyone involved with WBC champion Tyson Fury was in favor of finalizing their unification clash.
Oleksandr Usyk will finally have his turn. A request for extension filed by promoter Eddie Hearn in response to a Show Cause letter calling for the current status of unified heavyweight titlist Anthony Joshua has been rejected by the World Boxing Organization (WBO). Hearn was required to explain to the sanctioning body where matters stood with Joshua’s pursuit of the undisputed heavyweight championship. Such a bout was previously accepted by the WBO as an exception to his otherwise honoring his overdue mandatory title defense versus Usyk. Friday’s deadline was instead met with correspondence seeking a delay until Monday morning, to which the WBO has stood firm on its original ruling on the matter.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, believes Oleksandr Usyk has a very good chance of shocking IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Anthony Joshua. Fury and Joshua were finalizing a deal to face each other on August 14th in Saudi Arabia - but everything chanced on Monday, when an arbitrator ruled that Fury must honor a contractual rematch to Deontay Wilder. Fury was given until September 15 to finalize that fight.
Alexander Krassyuk, promoter for Oleksandr Usyk, feels confident that a deal will get made for his boxer to face IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Usyk, a former undisputed cruiserweight champion, is Joshua's mandatory challenger under the WBO.
Another layer has been added to the continued fallout in efforts to produce an undisputed heavyweight champion. The World Boxing Organization has issued a “Show Cause” to promoter Eddie Hearn, who must provide in the next 48 hours verifiable proof of a forthcoming showdown between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury. Failure to do so will leave the WBO to order a mandatory title fight between Joshua and number-one contender Oleksandr Usyk (18-0, 13KOs).
Dines & English, the lawyers for former undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, have issued a legal to enforce the boxer's mandatory shot at the WBO heavyweight title, which is currently held by Anthony Joshua. Usyk became the mandatory challenger in 2019, after vacating all four of his cruiserweight titles and making an official move to the heavyweight limit.
Eddie Hearn is holding out hope that the lucrative Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua fight can be salvaged for August 14 in Saudi Arabia. If that isn’t possible and Fury moves forward with a third fight against Deontay Wilder, Hearn intends to move on to Plan B by the end of this week. The most probable Plan B for Joshua, according to Hearn, is a mandatory defense of his WBO heavyweight title against Oleksandr Usyk.