What further challenges are there out there for unified two-weight king, current heavyweight champ Oleksandr Usyk, and what fights, if any, motivate Usyk himself? After having unified the cruiserweight and the heavyweight belts, Usyk has done more than enough to go down as a great, and the Ukrainian, who gave so much weight away in his two fights with Tyson Fury especially, now has the right to fight pretty much who he wants to fight.
But as we know, Usyk loves a challenge, he thrives on competition, so don’t expect him to engage in any easy, or gimmie fights as he winds down, we think anyway, his career. How much longer Usyk continues to fight is also a good question.
Eddie Hearn, who saw his man Anthony Joshua lose twice to Usyk, now says he very much likes the idea of reigning IBF cruiserweight champ Jai Opetaia fighting Usyk – either at cruiserweight or up at heavyweight, probably the latter. Speaking again with IFL TV,…
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