{"id":391763,"date":"2026-01-06T13:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/391763\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T13:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:07:09","slug":"zab-judah-delivers-alternative-verdict-on-usyk-vs-deontay-wilder-trust-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/391763\/","title":{"rendered":"Zab Judah delivers alternative verdict on Usyk vs Deontay Wilder: \u201cTrust me\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

As reports of Oleksandr Usyk\u2019s fight against Deontay Wilder begin to pick up speed, two-division world champion Zab Judah has offered his thoughts on the clash.<\/p>\n

Usyk has dominated the heavyweight division since his move up from cruiserweight, becoming a two-time undisputed world champion by twice overcoming each of Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and Daniel Dubois.<\/p>\n

Now, the Ukrainian mastermind seeks to further add to his legacy by taking on another standout name of the era in Deontay Wilder<\/a>, despite the ill-form of \u2018The Bronze Bomber\u2019, who has lost four of his last six contests.<\/p>\n

Currently, it is believed that Usyk will fight his first non-British opponent since 2019 and face off with the former long-reigning WBC champion in either April or May in the United States.<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking with MillCity Boxing<\/a>, former undisputed welterweight king Zab Judah explained why he believes the contest could prove to be more competitive than many are predicting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWilder better go get that [fight]. For real, Deontay has got to train, he has got to train for that and don\u2019t skip leg day. Gotta hit leg day and all of that, everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Deontay Wilder can go in there and get it right, he can make that fight a more competitive and interesting fight than a lot of people are expecting, trust me. Wilder has still got something in there. He still can crack.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs long as he got that f***ing right hand [he has a chance], that [power] is the last thing to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is anticipated that Usyk-Wilder will take place in either Las Vegas or Los Angeles in around four months\u2019 time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As reports of Oleksandr Usyk\u2019s fight against Deontay Wilder begin to pick up speed, two-division world champion Zab…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-391763","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391763","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=391763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}