Oleksandr Usyk has no time for boxing right now, the three-belt heavyweight ruler has a far more serious, far more potentially life-changing conflict to deal with.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury had praise for the Klitschko brothers and Oleksandr Usyk on Tuesday when asked about his thoughts on them joining up in the military reserves in Ukraine to defend their country from the Russian invasion.
Anthony Joshua says he wants his “revenge” against Oleksandr Usyk to win back the titles he lost against him last November.
Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn says he’s “fuming” over his loss to Oleksandr Usyk last Saturday night, and he wants to get right back in there “NOW” to get revenge for his defeat.
One “obstacle” in the form of a mandatory title defence may have been removed due to Dillian Whyte losing to Alexander Povetkin a little over a week ago (the two heading into an immediate rematch) but there could be two more fights Anthony Joshua has to take before he can meet Tyson Fury in a huge unification clash.
We still await Murat Gassiev’s heavyweight debut. The former cruiserweight champ who lost that big unification fight with Oleksandr Usyk (Usyk since having made the move to the heavyweight division, beating Chazz Witherspoon in reasonably impressive fashion in October) has not boxed for getting on two years.
To the great surprise of nobody, the two big heavyweight fights that were set for May in the UK – Dillian Whyte-Alexander Povetkin and Dereck Chisora-Oleksandr Usyk – have been postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus situation.
As fans are only too well aware, the ongoing battle with the coronavirus has forced the postponement of a number of big fights, with more postponements feared.
USYK VS. CHISORA PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES
“Good afternoon everyone. Thank you for making it to central London today amongst the madness.
So far, with no fights in the U.K yet postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic, it’s business as usual (for now).