Oleksandr Usyk will combat in July or August 2025 to defend his unified heavyweight title. He beat former WBC champion Tyson Fury by a 12-round unanimous choice of their rematch final Saturday evening in Riyadh.
The combat was a neater one for Usyk than their earlier match resulting from Fury selecting to bulk up 281 lbs and being too heavy to do a lot of something within the combat.
Tyson appeared in poor bodily form as if he’d put in a token effort in coaching camp making ready for the rematch. It was embarrassing to look at, and it needed to have been disappointing for his followers. You might inform from taking a look at Fury’s midsection that he’d eaten properly throughout camp.
Who’s Subsequent?
Usyk’s supervisor, Egis Klimas, instructed Boxingscene that Oleksander (23-0, 14 KOs) will relaxation till subsequent summer season. There’s no phrase about who Usyk might face subsequent. These fascinating choices for Usyk to make a voluntary protection:
– Agit Kabayel
– Moses Itauma
– Fabio Wardley
– Martin Bakole
British followers are speaking up Itauma after his win over journeyman Demsey McKean final Saturday evening. If Itauma’s promoter believes in him, he ought to put his religion to the check by matching him towards Usyk whereas he’s nonetheless within the sport. In the event that they wait, Usyk will retire, and Itauma will probably be caught preventing no names.
The timing might imply {that a} unification match towards IBF champion Daniel Dubois isn’t an possibility for Usyk’s subsequent combat. Dubois is defending his belt towards Joseph Parker on February twenty second, and it might be a quick turnaround for him to return to camp to start coaching for a match towards Usyk in July or August.
The 27-year-old Dubois is younger sufficient to get again within the ring rapidly, however he received’t be at his finest as a result of it can take him time to organize for Usyk’s fashion. He can’t do it with a brief cram session throughout coaching camp.
If Dubois rushes into the combat towards the proficient Ukrainian, he might dwell to remorse it and undergo one other knockout loss like of their first combat final 12 months on August twenty sixth in Wroclaw, Poland. Usyk boxed Dubois via eight rounds after which poured it on within the ninth spherical to knock out the drained large.
Like the primary one, it wasn’t a punishing combat for Usyk, as he outsmarted Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs), benefiting from his restricted mobility to work him over with combos.
He confirmed that the Gypsy King has misplaced loads from his sport over the past 4 years, worn down from his three battles towards ‘The Bronze Bomber’ Deontay Wilder.
