Oleksandr Usyk: record, next fight and profile →
As the year comes to a close, the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is looking forward to a potential full division unification with WBC champion Tyson Fury in 2021.
Former undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, 33-years-old, is hoping to fight the best boxers in the weight class - and one of them is former heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder.
Former undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has no problem with Floyd Mayweather's decision to face Youtube star Logan Paul in an exhibition fight. Mayweather, a five division world champion, retired with a perfect 50-0 record in August of 2017, when he stopped UFC superstar Conor McGregor in ten rounds.
Anthony Joshua says he wants to fight Tyson Fury next and says the fight will happen as long as Fury is serious about it. Joshua, the WBA, WBO, IBO and IBF heavyweight champion, did not call out Fury’s name after his knockout victory over Kubrat Pulev this month and says he is interested in the fight taking place not the endless talk about it.
Unbeaten heavyweight contender Joe Joyce is sitting back and waiting for the WBO's world title situation to play out. Oleksandr Usyk is the WBO's mandatory challenger to world champion Anthony Joshua. Joshua, who also holds the WBA, IBF, IBO world titles, is focused on a finalizing a highly lucrative unification fight with WBC champion Tyson Fury.
Former undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk believes Tyson Fury has all of the necessary tools to overcome Anthony Joshua. The negotiations are ongoing for a 2021 heavyweight unification between Fury, who holds the WBC title, and Joshua, who has the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO titles.
Oleksandr Usyk, the WBO's mandatory challenger, is open to the possibility of hearing out a potential step-aside deal to allow a full division unification between WBO, IBF, WBA, IBO champion Anthony Joshua and WBC champion Tyson Fury.
As soon as Anthony Joshua put away Kubrat Pulev by massive ninth-round knockout to retain his unified heavyweight titles on Saturday in London, the conversation immediately turned to the prospect of a unification showdown with Tyson Fury to produce the first four-belt undisputed heavyweight world champion. Both fighters say they want the fight. Their promoters claim they want to make it for the spring. Boxing fans are, of course, clamoring for it.
From the moment Anthony Joshua turned away the challenge of Kubrat Pulev, the next step for all involved parties was to move forward with plans for the biggest fight to be made in boxing today.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, has already begun discussions for 2021 unification clash with WBC world champion Tyson Fury. On Saturday at SSE Arena in Wembley, Joshua dropped mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev four times to secure the knockout in the ninth round.