- Oleksandr Usyk defeats Tyson Fury by split decision after heated battle
- Usyk becomes the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world
- However, Usyk won’t hold the title of absolute champion for long.
Oleksandr Usyk will lose the title of undisputed heavyweight champion of the world despite defeating Tyson Fury.
Ukrainian fighter defeats Gypsy King in blockbuster match He won by split decision after the judges scored the bout 115-112, 113-114 and 114-113 in Saudi Arabia on Saturday night.
This meant Usyk stripped Fury of the WBC title and unified the heavyweight division in addition to the WBA (Super), WBO, IBF and IBO titles.
However, the Ukrainian is set to be stripped of his IBF title in the coming weeks, meaning the 37-year-old will instead focus on his contract rematch with Fury, which is expected to take place around October.
This is because Filip Hrgovic, who is obligated to challenge Usyk for the IBF title, will not wait for the rematch to take place, meaning the IBF belt will be relinquished by Usyk, and Hrgovic will face Daniel Dubois in June of this year. You will get it when you fight. Year.
The winner of the June fight is expected to face Anthony Joshua at Wembley in September.
This means that when Usyk and Fury rematch, the winner of that fight will lose the IBF title and will not become the unified world champion.
It will then be up to the winner to try and take it back to unify the division again.
However, after the fight, Usyk didn’t seem to be particularly concerned about losing the IBF title.
The Ukrainian fighter was tired after enduring a long build-up in preparation for the fight with Fury, but the Gypsy King suffered a nasty cut above his eye during practice, which caused him to miss what was supposed to be fight day. February 17th has been postponed.
Asked about boxing with Fury again, Wisk said: “I’m not thinking about boxing right now. Please.”
“My camp started in September 2023 and I worked for 9 months. Happy New Year, I missed my son’s birthday, I missed my other son’s birthday, my daughter’s birthday. I missed the birth of my daughter.
“I also missed my family’s holidays. I was only focused on this match, but now I’m happy and want to go home.”