{"id":381435,"date":"2026-01-21T02:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T02:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/381435\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T02:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T02:34:11","slug":"usyk-warned-by-former-heavyweight-champion-hell-be-overthrown-this-year-im-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/381435\/","title":{"rendered":"Usyk warned by former heavyweight champion he&#8217;ll be &#8216;overthrown&#8217; this year: &#8220;I&#8217;m back&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/oleksandr-usyk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oleksandr Usyk<\/a> has been sent a warning by a former ruler of the heavyweight division.<\/p>\n<p>Usyk is the current king in the banner weight class, defeating all comers since stepping up from cruiserweight after first conquering that division and becoming undisputed.<\/p>\n<p>He has achieved the same success at heavyweight, earning undisputed status on two occasions thanks to victories over the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/tyson-fury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyson Fury<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/anthony-joshua\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Joshua<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/daniel-dubois\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Dubois<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After vacating the WBO belt in November, he currently holds the WBC, WBA and IBF titles, but one of his former foes has now fired a clear message at the Ukrainian.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tysonfury\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Posting on social media<\/a>, Usyk\u2019s past opponent Fury has revealed his plans to Usyk\u2019s place at the top of the division.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m coming for you. Whoever you are on my return as king, you will be overthrown, 100%. There is no doubt in my mind that I can\u2019t reach the top again, 100% straight to the top.<\/p>\n<p>Within this year I\u2019ll be back on top of heavyweight boxing, you better believe that. The Gypsy King is back. Anyone can get it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Usyk defeated Fury on two occasions, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/oleksandr-usyk-is-the-undisputed-heavyweight-champion-of-the-world\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">winning their first bout in May 2024 by split decision<\/a>, before a unanimous decision victory in their rematch seven months later.<\/p>\n<p>That led to Fury announcing his retirement from the sport in January 2025, but after over a year out of the ring, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/cgjw7q99dydo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u2018The Gypsy King\u2019 is now set to return to action in 2026<\/a>, with the likes of WBO champion Fabio Wardley, Usyk and Joshua all touted as potential targets.<\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk has been sent a warning by a former ruler of the heavyweight division. Usyk is the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-381435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381435","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=381435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}