{"id":80336,"date":"2025-08-19T04:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T04:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/80336\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T04:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T04:34:10","slug":"oleksandr-usyks-team-explains-wbo-extension-request-and-warns-again-dont-push-the-horses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/80336\/","title":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk’s team explains WBO extension request and warns again ‘don’t push the horses’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The director of Oleksandr Usyk<\/a>\u2019s team, Serhii Lapin, has explained why the undisputed heavyweight champion has requested an extension to negotiations for a possible fight with Joseph Parker.
Team Usyk have also insisted that the icon, The Ring<\/a>\u2019s pound-for-pound No. 1 and clearly the best heavyweight of his generation, has “earned the right” to choose his next steps.
Following his explosive five-round victory over Daniel Dubois<\/a> at Wembley Stadium, which anointed him undisputed for the second time, the WBO ordered Usyk (24-0, 15 KOs) to face their interim champion and mandatory challenger. <\/p>\n

As per their rules, the order started a 30-day period for negotiations regarding a fight before a purse bid would be required to determine where, and under what banner, the encounter would take place.<\/p>\n

However, with the deadline approaching, Team Usyk requested an extension<\/a> on that period citing an injury.<\/p>\n

Now Lapin has explained the request via a statement on the Ready To Fight website: \u201cThroughout his entire professional career, both Oleksandr Usyk and our whole team have proven that we respect all potential opponents as well as the rules that govern professional boxing.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the past year and a half, Usyk has accomplished a historic achievement by becoming the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion twice. That demanded tremendous physical and mental effort, and great sacrifice.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe champion has earned the chance to let his body recover from the effects of a punishing training regime and from injuries that are often invisible to the outside world. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd, ultimately, simply to rest and spend time with his family. Most importantly: he has earned the right to choose his own future \u2014 and to take the time he needs to make that decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

He finished by repeating Usyk\u2019s warning to Dubois during their London fight week: \u201cSo, guys, don\u2019t push the horses.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The director of Oleksandr Usyk\u2019s team, Serhii Lapin, has explained why the undisputed heavyweight champion has requested an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80337,"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":["post-80336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-community","tag-boxing-fights","tag-boxing-history","tag-boxing-interviews","tag-boxing-magazine","tag-boxing-news","tag-boxing-photos","tag-boxing-rankings","tag-boxing-results","tag-boxing-schedule","tag-boxing-videos","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-disqualification","tag-draw","tag-fight","tag-fighter","tag-fighter-news","tag-knockout","tag-latest-boxing-matches","tag-ring","tag-ring-magazine","tag-split-decision","tag-sports","tag-technical-knockout","tag-the-ring","tag-top-fighters","tag-upcoming-boxing-matches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80336","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=80336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}