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“If Usyk’s next fight is not Joshua most likely it would mean that he relinquished his WBO title to avoid facing Usyk,” insists Krassyuk. 1 ranked contender currently, followed by Tyson Fury, Joshua, and Joseph Parker.

Usyk began using his jab more and after landing an overhand left, Bellew was left slightly shaken. Eddie Hearn, Joshua’s promoter (and who also co-promotes Usyk with K2 Ukraine) has called for the sanctioning bodies to sort out the ordeal. Santa Cruz VS Oct. 24, 2020. Parker is also a Matchroom guy, so the fight would be easy enough to make without having to jump through any big political hoops.For what it’s worth, Usyk has said he wants to fight Deontay Wilder, who holds the WBC belt, but Wilder is a PBC guy and pretty busy at the moment. Due to the lack of action, the crowd began to boo towards the end of the first. We were born on the same day and I admire Ali because he is the biggest role model in boxing and I will thank God if I win a trophy with his name on it. PBC would have the opportunity at that point, in theory, to make a full-on, totally in-house undisputed heavyweight championship fight between Ruiz and Deontay Wilder in 2020.The third thing to keep in mind is that if Ruiz and Joshua have another barnburner, this time with Joshua winning, there could be a lot of reason for them to make it a trilogy and strike while the iron’s hot, doing it back-to-back-to-back.

Gassiev did not land a solid punch until the end of round 2. Hunter’s only pro loss, you’ll recall, came to Usyk at cruiserweight in 2017, after which Hunter made the move up. Usyk-Parker for the vacant WBO title would be a legit fight for the former cruiserweight king.

To learn more or opt-out, read our Oleksandr Usyk won in his first fight at heavyweight, so what now, and how soon could he be fighting for a world title?Former undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk made his long-awaited and highly-anticipated move to heavyweight on Saturday night, Reactions to Usyk’s performance have been mixed, both from logical standpoints and from those who perhaps expected more than was realistic.So now we have to wonder, what’s next for the Ukrainian, a former Olympic gold medalist who cleaned house at cruiserweight?Usyk is 32 years old and he and his team have been clear that he’s not looking to spend a lot of time “tuning up” in the heavyweight division. TM & © 2020 BoxingScene. Holding multiple title belts in any division is hard, because the titleholder has the various mandatory challengers to deal with, or risk being stripped of the belt. He’s also already the mandatory challenger for the WBO heavyweight title, currently one of three belts held by Andy Ruiz Jr, who will rematch Anthony Joshua on Dec. 7 in Saudi Arabia.The result and then fallout of the Ruiz-Joshua fight could make things a little more clear for Usyk — or maybe not.One possibility is that Joshua wins, which could set up a pretty easy fight to make, as both are with Matchroom. For more information, see our The 2012 Olympic Gold medalist and former World cruiserweight champion from Ukraine entered the new year armed with the status of being the World Boxing Organization (WBO) mandatory challenger in waiting for one of the many belts back in the possession of Anthony Joshua.Such status came about through Usyk’s designation as a WBO “Super” champion, which he earned after becoming the undisputed (and lineal) cruiserweight champion. Both Joshua and Usyk are promoted by Matchroom. On top of his dominant performance, Usyk taunted Huck throughout the fight. This website may contain adult language. Bellew aimed most of his shots to Usyk's body and by round 7, was missing a lot of shots, mostly due to Usyk's foot movement, and ended the round with a bloody nose. The fight will be shown on … August 26, 2020 6:42 PM.

facebook twitter whatsapp (Getty Images) August 2020. Bellew took control in round 3, landing two straight right hands. MOSCOW, August 24. Usyk stated 2018 was the most difficult year of his career, but most successful.