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According to a report from The Ring insider Mike Coppinger, Wilder is Usyk\u2019s preferred opponent as the Ukrainian prepares to bring the curtain down on one of boxing\u2019s greatest careers. <\/p>\n
A fight with Wilder has been talked about for some time and would give Usyk the chance to finally headline in the United States.<\/p>\n
Oleksandr Usyk is eyeing a fight against Deontay Wilder or Jon JonesSource: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n
While the American is no longer the dominant fighter he was at his peak, he remains one of the biggest names Usyk has yet to face. <\/p>\n
Wilder is coming off a victory over Derek Chisora in April and, despite recent setbacks, is still one of the hardest punchers in boxing history. <\/p>\n
Jones, however, would take Usyk\u2019s farewell in a completely different direction. <\/p>\n
The former UFC champ has never boxed professionally, but is regarded by many to be the greatest fighter in the history of MMA.<\/p>\n
However, any bout with Usyk would first require the UFC to sign off, with Jones still under contract to the promotion. <\/p>\n
To date, Conor McGregor is the only UFC fighter to receive permission to box professionally while under contract, doing so against Floyd Mayweather in 2017. <\/p>\n
Usyk is coming off a victory over kickboxing legend Rico Verhoeven at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt in May. <\/p>\n
The 11th round stoppage was controversial, with the Dutch fighter\u2019s team arguing later that he was saved by the bell.<\/p>\n
Following the fight, Verhoeven\u2019s camp lodged an appeal with the WBC, which was unsuccessful, and Usyk appears to have little interest in a rematch. <\/p>\n
The Ukrainian, who many had expected to face Agit Kabayel next, announced last week that he would vacate his three world title belts, but said he is not retiring. <\/p>\n
\u201cGood day to everyone. Today is Friday, the weather is good, and it\u2019s a good day to say that I want to vacate all the belts that I currently hold — to make them free so that the guys who are in line for them can box,\u201d said Usyk in a video shared on Instagram.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy friends, I\u2019m giving up the belts, but I\u2019m not leaving the sport, because I still have my last dance.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI want to thank everyone; I respect all organisations. I want to thank everyone and say there is more to come.\u201d<\/p>\n
Usyk\u2019s most iconic victories have come against British heavyweights Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois, defeating each man twice during his remarkable heavyweight reign. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk\u2019s legendary career appears set to end with one final blockbuster, with the undefeated boxing great narrowing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":769170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-769169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769169","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=769169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}