{"id":835377,"date":"2026-11-15T12:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T12:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/835377\/"},"modified":"2026-11-15T12:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T12:52:08","slug":"frank-warren-says-oleksandr-usyk-could-be-tempted-to-stay-at-heavyweight-to-face-one-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/835377\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Warren says Oleksandr Usyk could be tempted to stay at heavyweight to face one man"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oleksandr Usyk<\/a> looks set to make a shock return to the cruiserweight division, but promoter Frank Warren believes that the Ukrainian could still be tempted to remain at heavyweight for one fight.<\/p>\n

Having claimed the undisputed crown at cruiserweight, Usyk moved into the heavyweight division in 2019 and went on to become the first undisputed heavyweight world champion of the four-belt era, defeating Tyson Fury in a legendary showdown in Riyadh.<\/p>\n

Usyk then vacated the IBF title before defeating Fury for a second time, but became a two-time undisputed ruler when he won the IBF belt back in a rematch with Daniel Dubois<\/a> in 2025.<\/p>\n

A disappointing performance against Rico Verhoeven was followed by Usyk relinquishing his belts and he is now being linked to a return to the cruiserweight division<\/a>; where a clash with David Benavidez may await.<\/p>\n

Yet, in an interview with Sky Sports Boxing<\/a>, Warren believes a potential third clash with Fury could convince the Ukrainian to swerve a cruiserweight return, should Fury defeat Anthony Joshua for the WBA (Super) heavyweight world title next month.<\/p>\n

\u201cHim [Usyk] and Tyson [Fury could fight again], if Tyson comes through [against Joshua]. Irrespective of the results, they were good fights to watch, they were exciting fights.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would have though so [that a trilogy will be extremely appealing to Usyk if Fury beats Joshua].\u201d<\/p>\n

Fury vs Joshua takes place on Friday, December 11, at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, with three heavyweight bouts now confirmed to be on the undercard<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk looks set to make a shock return to the cruiserweight division, but promoter Frank Warren believes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":835378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-835377","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\/835377","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=835377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/835378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}