{"id":759606,"date":"2026-09-04T10:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T10:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/759606\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T10:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T10:30:09","slug":"oleksandr-usyk-considering-u-turn-on-retirement-plan-to-face-one-man-after-deontay-wilder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/759606\/","title":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk considering u-turn on retirement plan to face one man after Deontay Wilder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oleksandr Usyk<\/a> could extend his career for a short while longer than he has recently anticipated, potentially restoring his original three-fight plan.<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian outlined this exit strategy ahead of his clash with Rico Verhoeven, who gave a terrific effort before suffering an 11th-round stoppage defeat in May.<\/p>\n

Usyk then vacated his three world titles and announced that he has just one fight left, before calling time on his glittering career.<\/p>\n

In terms of potential opponents, a few have been mentioned but it appears that Deontay Wilder<\/a>, the former WBC champion, remains a frontrunner for 2027.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Bronze Bomber\u2019 comes off a split decision victory over Derek Chisora<\/a>, who he floored twice in a battle between two forty-something veterans last April.<\/p>\n

But while Usyk is expected to face Wilder early next year, probably in America, he could then be poised to enter a trilogy showdown with Tyson Fury<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, \u2018The Gypsy King\u2019 took to social media and called out his former foe<\/a>, having been left frustrated by the tedious negotiations for a clash with Anthony Joshua.<\/p>\n

According to Boxing King Media<\/a>, though, Team Usyk\u2019s Sergey Lapin has reported that the lineal heavyweight champion will only consider facing Fury after his expected encounter with Wilder.<\/p>\n

\u201cLapin confirms their first option and priority is Deontay Wilder. That fight is yet to be signed and sealed, but Team Usyk made it clear they would only consider a Fury trilogy after fighting Wilder.\u201d<\/p>\n

Usyk and Fury \u2013 now aged 39 and 38, respectively \u2013 fought on two occasions in 2024, with Usyk edging a split decision before unanimously winning their rematch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk could extend his career for a short while longer than he has recently anticipated, potentially restoring…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":759607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-759606","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\/759606","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=759606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/759607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}