{"id":291076,"date":"2025-11-17T20:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T20:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/291076\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T20:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T20:25:08","slug":"british-boxer-crowned-heavyweight-world-champion-after-oleksandr-usyk-vacates-title-in-shock-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/291076\/","title":{"rendered":"British boxer crowned heavyweight world champion after Oleksandr Usyk vacates title in shock move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British boxer Fabio Wardley has been crowned the heavyweight world champion after Oleksandr Usyk vacated the title.<\/p>\n<p>The WBO confirmed they had received confirmation from Usyk that he wished to relinquish his title.<\/p>\n<p>They said they are honouring the Ukrainian\u2019s career and calling this step a respectful pause, not a farewell.<\/p>\n<p>Wardley became the mandatory WBO challenger for Usyk after he defeated Joseph Parker last month, meaning he will now take over the belt.<\/p>\n<p>Wardley reacted to the decision, tweeting: &#8220;#AndTheNew&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He shared posts from across the boxing world congratulating him on the achievement.<\/p>\n<p>Known for his explosive knockout power and late-fight resilience, Wardley has become one of the division\u2019s most talked-about figures.<\/p>\n<p>He has compiled an unbeaten professional record of 20 wins, 0 losses, and 1 draw, with 19 victories coming by knockout.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"d8029\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"3c33ed431117233a34bf7597669cdf71\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201024%20707'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/oleksandr-usyk.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"707\" alt=\"Oleksandr Usyk\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The WBO confirmed they had received confirmation from Usyk that he wished to relinquish his title<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>GETTY<\/p>\n<p>His latest victories have propelled him into the global spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>The professional boxer from Ipswich competes in the heavyweight division and fights in an orthodox stance. <\/p>\n<p>He has now held two domestic titles, including the British Heavyweight Title and the Commonwealth Heavyweight Title.<\/p>\n<p>The Briton made his professional debut on 8 April 2017, winning a four-round points decision.<\/p>\n<p>Wardley\u2019s title achievements include securing the WBA Interim Heavyweight Title with a 10th-round knockout of Justis Huni on June 7 in Ipswich.<\/p>\n<p>He also captured the WBO Interim Heavyweight Title after an 11th-round TKO victory over former world champion Joseph Parker just weeks ago on October 25 in London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"British boxer Fabio Wardley has been crowned the heavyweight world champion after Oleksandr Usyk vacated the title. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,588,85],"class_list":["post-291076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291076","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=291076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}