{"id":20501,"date":"2025-07-24T14:52:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T14:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/20501\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T14:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T14:52:08","slug":"oleksandr-usyk-vs-joseph-parker-mandatory-heavyweight-title-boxing-fight-ordered-by-wbo-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/20501\/","title":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk vs Joseph Parker: Mandatory heavyweight title boxing fight ordered by WBO | Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oleksandr Usyk has been ordered to fight Joseph Parker next in a mandatory defence of the WBO heavyweight title.<\/p>\n

Usyk was crowned as the undisputed champion after a fifth-round knockout win over Daniel Dubois on Saturday July 19 and the WBO have moved fast to enforce a title fight, with both parties given 30 days to agree terms or the bout will go to a purse bid.<\/p>\n

Trilogy fights against Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua had been mentioned for Usyk, but he will now have to face Parker next, or must vacate the WBO belt.<\/p>\n

“The WBO have actually said that the winner of the fight on Saturday, which was Usyk – that’s his mandatory. That’s the next mandatory due out of the four belts and it has to take place by the end of the year,” promoter Frank Warren said.<\/p>\n

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Watch the highlights from Oleksandr Usyk’s spectacular knockout victory against Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium<\/p>\n

“Unless he vacates the belt. If he decides to vacate it, then [Parker] will have to fight the No 1.”<\/p>\n

Promoter David Higgins claimed after the fight that Usyk cannot call himself the greatest heavyweight boxer of his era until he fights and beats Parker.<\/p>\n

“The whole world wants to see Parker fight for a world title,” Parker told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n

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Promoter Frank Warren believes there is an appetite for a third fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury<\/p>\n

“He’s been in the queue for a long time. He’s a frontrunner. He’s mandatory with the WBO. It’s great to hear Frank Warren saying Parker next. It’s great to hear experts like Lennox Lewis saying Parker next.<\/p>\n

“I think it would be an outrage if he didn’t get the shot. It’s not really fair.”<\/p>\n

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