Again in Might Oleksandr Usyk made boxing historical past when he was awarded a 12 spherical break up choice in opposition to Tyson Fury. With that victory, Oleksandr Usyk turned the primary undisputed world heavyweight champion because the nice Lennox Lewis final technically held that distinction manner again in April 2000.
Lennox Lewis received the undisputed honor when he defeated Evander Holyfield in November 1999. However sadly, Lennox by no means received the prospect to defend his undisputed crown. The WBA stripped Lennox for not signing to face their #1 obligatory challenger, John ‘The Quiet Man’ Ruiz.
Lewis as a substitute defended his remaining titles in opposition to Michael Grant, and at the moment, Grant was broadly considered as essentially the most deserving challenger, whereas Ruiz was not thought-about a worthy challenger, regardless of his extremely excessive rating by the WBA. Consequently, Lennox Lewis by no means received the chance to defend his undisputed world heavyweight championship.
The present state of affairs is like historical past repeating itself another time. Just like the WBA state of affairs with John Ruiz again then, the IBF has insisted that their obligatory obligation should be fulfilled. Followers had waited almost 25 years to lastly have one other undisputed world heavyweight champion.
However even earlier than Usyk and Tyson Fury have been initially scheduled to battle again in February, the IBF was already making an attempt to preemptively break the get together, insisting that the winner of Usyk-Fury should have their obligatory. The IBF made this recognized, regardless of the actual fact the IBF already knew Usyk and Fury had a two manner rematch clause that will virtually definitely be activated a technique or one other.
Usyk in the end vacated the IBF belt just a bit over a month after incomes the undisputed crown, which means that technically talking, Usyk’s undisputed reign lasted just a bit over 30 days. Consequently, Daniel Dubois was promoted from so-called “interim IBF champion” to the true McCoy. Dubois is scheduled to defend that title in opposition to former two-time unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua.
The showdown between Dubois and Joshua is scheduled to happen on September twenty first at Wembley Stadium, in a championship bout that might be broadcast on DAZN PPV.
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This version of Rummy’s Nook will present a fast recap of the circumstances surrounding the demise of the undisputed heavyweight championship reigns of the final two undisputed world heavyweight champions, Lennox Lewis and Oleksandr Usyk. Please watch and benefit from the video for one man’s opinion. That is Rummy’s Nook (produced and narrated by Geoffrey Ciani).
