Oleksandr Usyk: record, next fight and profile →
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has revealed that he's scheduled to meet with the handlers for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk.
Oleksandr Usyk is ensuring that his duties in the ring are not keeping him from taking part in his country’s war effort against Russia.
Bob Arum referenced recent and decades-old history to remind dismissive media and fans Thursday that Tyson Fury’s third fight with Dereck Chisora isn’t some unnecessary mismatch Chisora doesn’t deserve based on Fury’s first two decisive victories over him.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is not overlooking the upcoming trilogy fight with veteran Derek Chisora, which takes place at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on December 3.
Olympic silver medal winner Joe Joyce believes Oleksandr Usyk will vacate the WBO heavyweight title in 2023. Last month, Joyce scored a knockout win over former champion Joseph Parker to capture the WBO's interim-title.
NEW YORK – Oleksandr Usyk wasn’t ringside Saturday night at Barclays Center to watch Deontay Wilder knock out Robert Helenius in the first round.
Former longtime heavyweight champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder announced his return in grand fashion Saturday night, blasting out the top-rated Robert “The Nordic Nightmare” Helenius in the first round of their WBC Heavyweight Title Eliminator which headlined a FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View from Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Deontay Wilder, Joe Joyce, and the crop of other top heavyweight contenders eager to put their hands on southpaw ace Oleksandr Usyk may have to wait longer than they would like before they get their chance, if the Ukrainian champion’s handler has anything to say about the matter.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is still planning to return to the ring in the month of December. There were negotiations to make a voluntary defense against domestic rival Anthony Joshua - but their negotiations fell apart.
Oleksandr Usyk apparently thinks he can give the cruiserweight division another go. The current WBO, WBA, IBO and IBF heavyweight champion from Ukraine previously held all four major titles in the cruiserweight division, the first to do so in the four-belt era.