{"id":292933,"date":"2025-12-01T11:44:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/292933\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T11:44:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:44:04","slug":"oleksandr-usyk-finally-delivers-update-on-his-next-move-after-vacating-world-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/292933\/","title":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk finally delivers update on his next move after vacating world title"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oleksandr Usyk<\/a> has already taken his place among boxing\u2019s greats, having become an undisputed champion not once but three times.<\/p>\n

After navigating a series of arduous challenges at cruiserweight, he claimed all four world titles by defeating Murat Gassiev<\/a> in the World Boxing Super Series final in 2018.<\/p>\n

His move to heavyweight brought him two more sets of the belts after dethroning the \u201cGypsy King\u201d Tyson Fury<\/a>, then excelling again with a knockout win over Daniel Dubois<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n

The 38-year-old now holds three of the heavyweight titles, having vacated the WBO strap<\/a>. The decision promoted Fabio Wardley<\/a> from interim to full champion, placing his name alongside Fury, Dubois, Anthony Joshua<\/a>, Lennox Lewis<\/a> and the many other British heavyweights to have held a world title.<\/p>\n

Incredibly, Usyk may not be done chasing undisputed status. Speaking at the recent WBC convention<\/a> \u2013\u2013 joined on stage by fellow boxing royalty Roberto Dur\u00e1n<\/a> and Katie Taylor \u2013\u2013 he hinted that he will pursue the sport\u2019s ultimate prize once more.<\/p>\n

\u201cListen, I have four belts, now three. People say, \u2018Hey, you\u2019re not undisputed champion.\u2019 Okay, that is temporary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Usyk, 24-0 (15 KOs), has been linked to a title defence against the emerging superstar Moses Itauma<\/a>, while unbeaten German contender Agit Kabayel has also put his name forward. Wardley, fresh off a career-best win over Joseph Parker, could yet receive the call, and Fury has not ruled out facing Usyk for a third time.<\/p>\n

A crossover fight against two-weight UFC champion Alex Pereira has also been rumoured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk has already taken his place among boxing\u2019s greats, having become an undisputed champion not once but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-292933","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\/292933","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=292933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}