Kalle Sauerland Pushes For Filip Hrgovic To Get IBF Mandatory Shot At Usyk Next

Kalle Sauerland Pushes For Filip Hrgovic To Get IBF Mandatory Shot At Usyk Next

You can add Filip Hrgovic’s name to the list of top heavyweights who want to fight WBA/IBF/WBO heavyweight champ Oleksandr Usyk next. Now that the Usyk-Tyson Fury fight is a dead duck (maybe for good), as expected, the various top-ranked heavyweights with the governing bodies are calling for their mandatory shot at Usyk – be it WBA mandatory Daniel Dubois, WBO mandatory (and interim champ) Joe Joyce, or IBF mandatory Filip Hrgovic.… read more “Kalle Sauerland Pushes For Filip Hrgovic To Get IBF Mandatory Shot At Usyk Next”

Eddie Hearn doubts Fury vs. Usyk fight happens, given deadline

Eddie Hearn doubts Fury vs. Usyk fight happens, given deadline

Promoter Eddie Hearn says he’s doubtful the undisputed heavyweight contest between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will get made for April 29th.

Hearn gives two reasons why Fury-Usyk won’t happen:

  • Contracts not good
  • Six weeks not enough time for Fury to train

For an aging, out-of-shape heavyweight like the 34-year-old Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs), he needs a lot of time to train for a fighter of Usyk’s caliber, and six weeks is obviously not nearly enough.… read more “Eddie Hearn doubts Fury vs. Usyk fight happens, given deadline”