{"id":19819,"date":"2025-07-25T00:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T00:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/19819\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T00:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T00:33:08","slug":"oleksandr-usyk-ordered-to-face-joseph-parker-by-wbo-next-fight-for-heavyweight-champ-tyson-fury-anthony-joshua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/19819\/","title":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk ordered to face Joseph Parker by WBO, next fight for heavyweight champ, Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oleksandr Usyk has been ordered by the WBO to face New Zealander Joseph Parker in a mandatory heavyweight title defence.<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian was crowned undisputed world heavyweight champion on Sunday (AEST) after beating Daniel Dubois in a fifth-round stoppage at Wembley Stadium<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The victory, sealed when he left the Briton on the canvas with a left-handed punch, secured a 24th professional win for the undefeated 38-year-old, who won back his IBF belt and added it to WBA, WBC and WBO titles.<\/p>\n

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Usyk puts Dubois down then OUT in 5th | 01:09<\/p>\n

After becoming undisputed world heavyweight champion for a second time, Usyk mentioned Parker as a possible future opponent.<\/p>\n

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On Thursday, a letter from the WBO ordered negotiations to take place between Usyk and Parker for a mandatory heavyweight title bout.<\/p>\n

Both fighters have 30 days to reach terms otherwise purse bid proceedings will be ordered.<\/p>\n

Parker defended his WBO interim title in Riyadh in February with a second-round stoppage against Martin Bakole, a late replacement for Dubois who withdrew due to illness.<\/p>\n

The New Zealand fighter had previously held the WBO title from 2016 to 2018 and is on a six-fight winning streak since losing to Joe Joyce in 2022.<\/p>\n

Many consider Parker most deserving of the next shot at Usyk however his trainer Andy Lee says the Kiwi fighter is not in a tricky position as Usyk weighs up his next move.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll see how this all plays out and what Usyk decides to do,\u201d Lee told The Ariel Helwani Show.<\/p>\n

Whittaker on Tszyu – ‘He can comeback’ | 03:07<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s probably seven months away from fighting. Joe hasn\u2019t fought since February. He needs a fight, Joseph.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he\u2019s active, he\u2019s at his best. But who is his next opponent? Fighting [Agit] Kabayel? They\u2019re both great fighters, but it\u2019s a huge risk for both because of the positions they\u2019re in.\u201d<\/p>\n

German Kabayel is ranked No.1 with the WBC.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese guys are in position but there are huge risks in taking a fight at this stage when you could be in line for a title fight,\u201d Lee said.<\/p>\n

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – FEBRUARY 19: Joseph Parker trains, ahead of his IBF World Heavyweight Title fight against Daniel Dubois during media workouts as part of Beterbiev v Bivol 2: The Last Crescendo at Boulevard City on February 19, 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Richard Pelham\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Usyk also named Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua \u2014 fighters he has beaten twice each \u2014 as possible next opponents after the win, while he somewhat-bizarrely also engaged in face-off with former YouTube star Jake Paul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk has been ordered by the WBO to face New Zealander Joseph Parker in a mandatory heavyweight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[2620,64,63,20680,802,7701,20685,20678,20682,17734,20683,1736,7704,2591,20684,85,20681,20679],"class_list":["post-19819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-agence-france-presse","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bid-proceedings","tag-boxing","tag-daniel-dubois","tag-heavyweight-defence","tag-interim-title","tag-joe-joyce","tag-joseph-parker","tag-mandatory-heavyweight","tag-new-zealand","tag-oleksandr-usyk","tag-paris","tag-professional-win","tag-sports","tag-undisputed-world-heavyweight","tag-world-heavyweight-champion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19819","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=19819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}