{"id":819435,"date":"2026-07-22T21:30:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T21:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/819435\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T21:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T21:30:19","slug":"oleksandr-usyk-eyes-deontay-wilder-for-final-fight-hints-at-zuffa-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/819435\/","title":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk eyes Deontay Wilder for final fight, hints at Zuffa Boxing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oleksandr Usyk said plans are forming for what he expects will be the final bout of his professional boxing career, a development with significance for the heavyweight division. Speaking on Daily Mail\u2019s The Hook podcast, Oleksandr Usyk indicated a U.S. venue is likely and identified Deontay Wilder as the leading candidate. He also noted that Dana White\u2019s Zuffa Boxing is among the promotional options under consideration. Usyk said the timing could be at the end of this year or early next year, and at one point early 2027 was referenced. He mentioned New York and a stadium setting against a high-profile opponent. Team director Sergey Lapin reaffirmed Wilder as the preferred opponent. Usyk last fought in April, defeating Rico Verhoeven to remain unbeaten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk said plans are forming for what he expects will be the final bout of his professional&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,22758,48853,2330,5384,287102,278133,82],"class_list":["post-819435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-daily-mail","tag-deontay-wilder","tag-heavyweight-division","tag-oleksandr-usyk","tag-professional-boxing-career","tag-significance","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819435","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=819435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}