{"id":527646,"date":"2026-03-10T21:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/527646\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T21:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:29:09","slug":"oleksandr-usyk-names-his-final-three-fight-opponents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/527646\/","title":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk Names His Final Three Fight Opponents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"4a\">Oleksander Usyk said that he wants three big fights to end out what has certainly been a Hall of Fame career in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/fannation\/boxing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">boxing<\/a>. Usyk revealed the list Monday on Inside The Ring.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"4d\">The former undisputed heavyweight champion will next take on Rico Verhoeven, a Dutch kickboxer and legend in the sport, on May 23 in Giza, Egypt, near the base of the Pyramids.<\/p>\n<p>Usyk reveals final three fights<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"4j\">\u201cI will have three more fights. Listen, Rico is first, second it\u2019s who wins between Wardley or Dubois and then my third fight is my friend Greedy Belly, Tyson Fury,\u201d Usyk said.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oleksandr Usyk outlines his \u201clast 3 fights\u201d \ud83d\udc40<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InsideTheRing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#InsideTheRing<\/a> | Latest episode available on DAZN \ud83d\udcfa <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zdbvpfvgmy\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/zdbvpfvgmy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 InsideRingShow (@InsideRingShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InsideRingShow\/status\/2031158475208712432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"4p\">Hardcore fight fans might be disappointed he didn\u2019t mention Moses Itauma as a future opponent. However, to be fair, Itauma\u2019s first round against Dillan Whyte (who almost limped to the ring) isn\u2019t enough to earn a fight. A victory over Jermaine Franklin, as good as he is, isn\u2019t enough to earn an Usyk fight either. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"4s\">Ituama currently holds several minor heavyweight belts and is still building his reputation on the global stage, which means a matchup with Usyk is not yet realistic.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"4v\">A third fight between Oleksander Usyk and Daniel Dubois, if he wins, isn\u2019t going to appeal to many fans at first glance. However, Dubois did appear to back up Usyk for a moment in their first fight. If Wardley wins, it\u2019s a true Cinderella story of a former white-collar boxer fighting in a unification fight with the lineal title on the line. That might be a big enough storyline to interest Netflix. Or maybe not.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/01jtvgbca38pmtew2bxf.jpg\" alt=\"Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk\" title=\"Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk\" width=\"4383\" height=\"2465\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"55\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tyson Fury was nearly stopped by Usyk in their first fight | IMAGO \/ PA Images<\/p>\n<p>A trilogy with Tyson Fury<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5c\">A third fight with Tyson Fury will generate the most media and fan attention, and now that Netflix is working on the Arslanbek Makhmudov fight scheduled for April 11, a trilogy with Tyson Fury seems likely. It&#8217;s a potential \u201cmoney fight\u201d as well for both men, and Tyson Fury seems focused on getting a rematch.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5f\">Usyk also seemed to downplay the skills and capabilities of his kickboxer opponent during the interview as the war of words heats up before the Battle of the Pyramids. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5i\">\u201cYes, Rico is not a good boxer, but, OK, a fun fight? No problem. But I want to fight the winner of the fight between Daniel Dubois and Fabio Wardley [afterwards].\u201d His focus remains clearly on legacy and high-profile matchups, rather than smaller bouts that don\u2019t significantly impact his standing in the heavyweight division.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oleksander Usyk said that he wants three big fights to end out what has certainly been a Hall&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-527646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527646","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=527646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}