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The promoter of Oleksandr Usyk isn’t convinced that Tyson Fury deserves a bigger slice of the financial pie. Fury, the WBC titlist from Manchester, England, and Usyk, the WBO, WBA, IBO, IBF champion from Ukraine, are in deep talks to fight for the undisputed heavyweight championship in the spring.
The fight for the undisputed heavyweight championship needs to remunerate its participants equally, according to the promoter of Oleksandr Usyk. Ukraine’s Usyk, the WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO heavyweight champion, and Fury, the WBC titlist from England, have been in talks to face each other in the spring for all four heavyweight titles.
Oleksandr Usyk thinks he got the upper hand—psychologically speaking—during his last face-to-face encounter with boxing’s merry prankster Tyson Fury.
Anthony Joshua says he never seriously considered quitting the sport after his second loss to Oleksandr Usyk last summer. Joshua had a meltdown in the ring and broke down in tears at the press conference after losing his rematch to Usyk in
IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is urging the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ban Russia from the Olympic Games in Paris.
WBC, IBF, WBO light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev would have no problem with a potential fight against Oleksandr Usyk, who holds the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight titles. The contest would have to take place in the cruiserweight division - where Usyk became undisputed champion in 2018.
Deontay Wilder is undecisive about who’ll win in a potential fight between WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO, and Ring Magazine titlist Oleksandr Usyk.
Joe Joyce finds Tyson Fury a lot more enticing as his world title opponent than Oleksandr Usyk. The 37-year-old heavyweight contender from London said if he was allowed to choose his world title opponent, he would prefer to face his countryman Fury, the Manchester native and WBC heavyweight titlist, over Usyk, the WBO, IBO, WBA, IBF unified champion from Ukraine.
Frank Warren, co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, says an announcement for the showdown with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk is 'imminent'.
Unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk offered one of his boldest indictments against the Russian invasion of Ukraine to date. The WBO, WBA, IBO, IBF beltholder from Ukraine did not mince words in a recent video that was uploaded on his