Oleksandr Usyk will struggle in July or August 2025 to defend his unified heavyweight title. He beat former WBC champion Tyson Fury by unanimous determination over 12 rounds of their rematch final Saturday evening in Riyadh.
The struggle was simpler for Usyk than their earlier match as Fury opted to come back in at 281 kilos and was too heavy to do a lot within the struggle.
Tyson appeared inside poor bodily form as if he had made a token effort throughout coaching camp to arrange for the rematch. It was embarrassing to observe and will need to have been disappointing for his followers. Fury’s abdomen, you possibly can inform he ate properly throughout camp.
Who’s subsequent?
Usyk’s supervisor Egis Klimas instructed Boxingscene that Oleksander (23-0, 14 KOs) will relaxation till subsequent summer time. It is unclear who Usyk may face subsequent. These attention-grabbing choices for Usyk to make a voluntary protection:
– Agit Kabayel
– Moses Itauma
–Fabio Wardley
– Martin Bakole
British followers converse It will damage following his victory over journeyman Demsey McKean final Saturday evening. If Itauma’s promoter believes in him, he ought to put his religion to the check by pitting him in opposition to Usyk whereas he is nonetheless within the match. In the event that they wait, Usyk will retire and Itauma shall be caught and not using a struggle.
The timing might imply a unification match in opposition to IBF champion Daniel Dubois will not be an possibility for Usyk’s subsequent struggle. Dubois will defend his belt in opposition to Joseph Parker on February 22, and it might be a fast turnaround for him to return to camp to start coaching for a match in opposition to Usyk in July or August.
Dubois, 27, is younger sufficient to get again into the ring rapidly, however he will not be at his greatest as a result of it is going to take time for him to arrange for Usyk’s type. He cannot do it with a brief class session throughout coaching camp.
If Dubois rushes into the struggle in opposition to the gifted Ukrainian, he may remorse it and endure one other knockout defeat like of their first struggle final yr on August 26 in Wroclaw, Poland. Usyk boxed Dubois for eight rounds, then dumped him within the ninth spherical to knock out the drained big.
Like the primary, it wasn’t a punishing struggle for Usyk, as he outmaneuvered Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs), making the most of his restricted mobility to work him with combos.
It confirmed that the Gypsy King has misplaced quite a bit in his sport over the previous 4 years, exhausted by his three fights in opposition to “The Bronze Bomber” Deontay Wilder.
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