{"id":252285,"date":"2025-11-09T02:15:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T02:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/252285\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T02:15:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T02:15:20","slug":"david-haye-singles-out-one-heavyweight-who-has-the-best-chance-of-beating-oleksandr-usyk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/252285\/","title":{"rendered":"David Haye singles out one heavyweight who has the best chance of beating Oleksandr Usyk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/oleksandr-usyk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oleksandr Usyk<\/a> has proven himself as the standout heavyweight of this era, but two-weight world champion <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/david-haye\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Haye<\/a> has picked out one divisional rival who could put an end to the Ukrainian\u2019s reign.<\/p>\n<p>Usyk joined Haye and Evander Holyfield as just the third fighter to claim a world title at both cruiserweight and heavyweight when he dethroned Anthony Joshua in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the Ukrainian southpaw has trumped \u2018AJ\u2019 for a second time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/cm2lmd1rj8no\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">and twice beaten both Tyson Fury and Daniel Dubois<\/a> to cement his legacy as a pound-for-pound great and establish himself as the best heavyweight on the planet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ujHdYexvNGg?si=zH2mX-jsuA9coUDI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Speaking to iFL TV<\/a>, Haye applauded Usyk\u2019s achievements, before declaring that 20-year-old sensation Moses Itauma is the biggest threat to his heavyweight throne.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe [Itauma] has got the best shot out of anyone at beating him. Even with how inexperienced he is, he has got the fire power and the heavy-handedness to cause all sorts of problems for anybody.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that Usyk is a genius, he is the best in the world. I am talking about the person who has the best chance of beating him, I\u2019m not saying he is going to beat him. I am saying that who else is there that has a better chance [than Itauma]?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone else has tried and failed, he is young, fresh, hungry and he just seems to have crazy, heavy hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember, Usyk isn\u2019t a natural heavyweight. He is a pumped-up cruiserweight. He has done really well to be a heavyweight but the types of punches that Moses is throwing would take out any natural-born heavyweight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Itauma is expected to return to action in early 2026, after the <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/itauma-title-shot-in-jeopardy-as-pulev-eyes-gassiev\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WBA\u2019s decision to allow Kubrat Pulev to face Murat Gassiev<\/a> disrupted the Brit\u2019s plans to fight for a third time this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk has proven himself as the standout heavyweight of this era, but two-weight world champion David Haye&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-252285","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}