VIDEO: Oleksandr Usyk – Can he succeed at heavyweight?

This past Saturday at the Manchester Arena, undisputed WBO/WBC/WBA/IBF cruiserweight world champion Alexander Usyk put his massive collection of world titles on the line against Tony Bellew.
This past Saturday at the Manchester Arena, undisputed WBO/WBC/WBA/IBF cruiserweight world champion Alexander Usyk put his massive collection of world titles on the line against Tony Bellew.
It was just over a month ago since Canelo Alvarez defeated Gennady Golovkin in their highly anticipated middleweight championship rematch. But even though that match was just a little more than thirty short days ago, a lot of things have changed in the boxing landscape since then, where boxing seems to be undergoing a major transition towards online streaming apps with regards to how fans can watch boxing matches.
Coming up on December 1,2018 at The Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, in a heavyweight championship bout that will be televised on Showtime PPV – undefeated WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) will put his title on the line against undefeated lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (27-0, 19 KOs).
Former two time heavyweight world champion George Foreman is widely recognized as one of the greatest heavyweights of all time, and for very good reason.
2018 began with four undefeated boxers, all of whom had various claims to being called heavyweight champion – Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury, and Joseph Parker.
Muhammad Ali is universally recognized as one of the absolute greatest heavyweight champions of all time, and not without good reason.
So there has been a lot of chatter inside the boxing community over the prospect of a huge heavyweight showdown between WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) and the man who still holds a legitimate claim to the lineal heavyweight crown, Tyson Fury (26-0, 19 KOs).
On Saturday night, in a battle of undefeated lightweight title holders, IBF lightweight champion Mikey Garcia squared off against WBC lightweight champion Robert Easter Jr.
On Saturday night, in the final matchup of the inaugural World Boxing Super Series tournament, unified WBA/IBF cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev squared off against unified WBC/WBO cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk.
This past Saturday boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao returned to the squared circle for the first time in over a year. His opponent was Lucas Matthysse, who held the minor version of the WBA title.