{"id":386221,"date":"2026-01-03T19:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T19:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/386221\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T19:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T19:50:10","slug":"two-or-three-more-fights-then-ill-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/386221\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Or Three More Fights, Then I&#8217;ll Retire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/fighters\/oleksandr-usyk-175\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oleksandr Usyk<\/a> looks like he still has plenty left in his gas tank.<br \/>At 38, the Ring, WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight champion barely broke a sweat when <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/oleksandr-usyk-daniel-dubois-result-wembley-stadium\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">knocking out Daniel Dubois<\/a> in the fifth round of their Wembley Stadium encounter last summer.<br \/><a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/ring-magazine-latest-ratings-new-heavyweight-tyson-fury-drops-out\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Usyk holds the top pound-for-pound spot on The Ring&#8217;s rankings<\/a>. Regardless of how great he continues to look, the future Hall of Famer doesn&#8217;t plan on fighting for too much longer. <br \/>&#8220;I think two or three fights more,&#8221; Usyk told <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Ring<\/a>&#8216;s Mike Coppinger.<br \/>Before he hangs up the gloves, Usyk could make another run at becoming an undisputed champion by reclaiming the <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/wbo-oleksandr-usyk-relinquishes-title-fabio-wardley-now-full-world-champion\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WBO belt he gave up late last year<\/a>. He&#8217;s been undisputed three times, including once at cruiserweight in 2018 before moving up in weight. His decision to relinquish the WBO strap allowed Fabio Wardley, <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/wardley-rallies-to-stop-parker-in-11th-round-of-thriller\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who beat Joseph Parker for the interim title<\/a>, to become a full-fledged champion. Serhii Lapin, Usyk\u2019s manager, said his client wanted younger fighters to have an opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Before Usyk (24-0, 15 KOs) attempts to regain it, he has his sights set on a former WBC heavyweight beltholder.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want a fight with <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/fighters\/deontay-wilder-1932\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deontay Wilder<\/a>,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Wilder (44-4-1, 43 KOs) hasn\u2019t looked dangerous in a long time, losing four of his last six fights.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/oleksandr-usyk-vs-deontay-wilder-negotiations-are-underway-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Usyk\u2019s team is already deep in negotiations with the 40-year-old to make that fight happen<\/a> in the coming months, with Los Angeles and Las Vegas options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk looks like he still has plenty left in his gas tank.At 38, the Ring, WBA, WBC,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,1151,1144,1150,1149,1142,711,1145,1146,1147,1148,1143,49,48,1156,1155,1138,1136,1137,1153,1139,1135,1157,1152,82,1154,1134,1141,1140],"class_list":{"0":"post-386221","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-boxing-community","10":"tag-boxing-fights","11":"tag-boxing-history","12":"tag-boxing-interviews","13":"tag-boxing-magazine","14":"tag-boxing-news","15":"tag-boxing-photos","16":"tag-boxing-rankings","17":"tag-boxing-results","18":"tag-boxing-schedule","19":"tag-boxing-videos","20":"tag-ca","21":"tag-canada","22":"tag-disqualification","23":"tag-draw","24":"tag-fight","25":"tag-fighter","26":"tag-fighter-news","27":"tag-knockout","28":"tag-latest-boxing-matches","29":"tag-ring","30":"tag-ring-magazine","31":"tag-split-decision","32":"tag-sports","33":"tag-technical-knockout","34":"tag-the-ring","35":"tag-top-fighters","36":"tag-upcoming-boxing-matches"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}