{"id":615000,"date":"2026-04-18T12:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T12:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/615000\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T12:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T12:11:07","slug":"usyk-reveals-the-one-reason-he-will-no-longer-chase-third-tyson-fury-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/615000\/","title":{"rendered":"Usyk reveals the one reason he will no longer chase third Tyson Fury fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oleksandr Usyk<\/a> has revealed why he may no longer pursue a third instalment of his enthralling rivalry with Tyson Fury<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Usyk handed Fury the first and second defeats of his professional career, simultaneously claiming the Briton\u2019s WBC heavyweight world title to become the first undisputed four-belt champion in the history of the division.<\/p>\n

Shortly afterwards, Fury retired from the sport for a fifth occasion, but made a successful comeback against Arslanbek Makhmudov this month following a 16-month lay-off, calling for both a clash with Anthony Joshua and Usyk during the aftermath<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Along with Fury voicing his intentions to face Usyk for a third time, the Ukrainian has also previously named \u2018The Gypsy King\u2019 on his three-fight pre-retirement plan.<\/a><\/p>\n

Yet, in an interview with Daily Mail Boxing<\/a>, Usyk revealed that he may no longer target a third triumph over Fury, instead hoping to help Joshua overcome his bitter rival in their long-awaited grudge match.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy plan has not changed, I have three fights. But, now I understand that Tyson has not signed [for a fight] with \u2018AJ\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf \u2018AJ\u2019 and \u2018Greedy\u2019 [Fury] sign contract, I just stay back, \u2018okay, [you are fighting each other instead], because I want to help AJ beat Tyson Fury.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joshua is set to make his ring return in July as part of a two-fight deal that will see him fight Fury later in the year should he win.<\/a> The pair of British sporting icons will likely have a rematch if the contest is competitive.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Usyk will attempt to defend his WBC heavyweight world title against Rico Verhoeven at the Pyramids of Giza on Saturday, May 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk has revealed why he may no longer pursue a third instalment of his enthralling rivalry with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-615000","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615000","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=615000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}