{"id":125223,"date":"2025-09-07T09:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T09:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/125223\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T09:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T09:42:09","slug":"busted-usyk-now-under-investigation-after-dancing-at-a-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/125223\/","title":{"rendered":"Busted! Usyk Now Under Investigation After Dancing At A Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Oleksandr Usyk has landed in a little bit of hot water after the heavyweight world champion was caught dancing at a recent concert in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It seems harmless, but Usyk\u2019s onstage moves may actually lead to backlash from the World Boxing Organization (WBO).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">That\u2019s because Usyk is supposed to be \u201cinjured\u201d and unable to book his next fight, which is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/7\/24\/24473634\/wbo-orders-mandatory-title-defense-between-oleksandr-usyk-joseph-parker-boxing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ordered title defense<\/a> against Joseph Parker. Usyk is coming off a dominant knockout victory over Daniel Dubois back in July, but his team delayed a booking against Parker because the heavyweight champ was suffering a back injury. WBO granted Usyk and his team a 90-day suspension, but it appears the Ukrainian superstar may not be all that hurt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Usyk, who is one of the biggest stars in combat sports today, was recently pulled on stage for a concert in Ukraine. \u201cThe Cat\u201d is known for his dance moves and wasted no time boogeying down. His \u201cback injury\u201d certainly didn\u2019t seem to be bothering him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In hindsight, dancing on stage and getting filmed may have been a mistake because now the WBO is investigating whether or not Usyk violated the terms of his recent injury suspension (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazn.com\/en-US\/news\/boxing\/usyk-undisputed-heavyweight-champion-investigation-wbo\/171exxxtj882x1avcgd40qoiar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DAZN<\/a>). The organization has already sent sent a letter to Usyk\u2019s team requiring them to provide \u201cdetailed and thorough\u201d clarification on the heavyweight champion\u2019s current health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Stay tuned as Usyk could end up being stripped of his WBO belt!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk has landed in a little bit of hot water after the heavyweight world champion was caught&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,43957,786,40762,785,85],"class_list":["post-125223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing-news-results","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}