Filip Hrgovic’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, feels it’s not fair that Oleksandr Usyk is being allowed to keep his IBF heavyweight title for his rematch with Tyson Fury in October.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum predicts that Tyson Fury will defeat undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in their rematch later this year, then move forward to face Anthony Joshua in a “massive fight” in 2025 at Wembley Stadium in London.
Tyson Fury has officially activated his rematch clause in hopes of redemption against his conqueror, undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk. The fight will take place either late this year or early 2025.
Veteran Dereck Chisora says former WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury needs to bring back the “old, mean” version of himself for him to defeat undisputed champion Oleksandr Usyk in a rematch.
Boxing analyst Teddy Atlas says the referee would have stopped last Saturday’s fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk in the ninth round if it hadn’t been the Gypsy King who was hurt.
Promoter Frank Warren has confirmed that Tyson Fury wants the rematch with Oleksandr Usyk next in October.
Warren says he was told yesterday by Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) that he’ll be taking the rematch after losing to the unified heavyweight champion Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) by a 12-round split decision last Saturday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
As fight fans have most likely read by now, it looks as though Oleksandr Usyk will be stripped of the IBF heavyweight belt; this just days after the amazing Ukrainian defeated Tyson Fury to become the very first four-belt heavyweight title holder in the history of the sport.
Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter, Alex Krassyuk, confirmed that they will honor the rematch clause in their contract with Tyson Fury by fighting him again.
Oleksandr Usyk has been named Ring Magazine’s new pound-for-pound king after handing Tyson Fury his first career defeat last Saturday night in their undisputed heavyweight championship in Riyadh.
Oleksandr Usyk’s stint as undisputed heavyweight champion will likely end within the next two weeks, and his IBF title will be stripped or vacated.