Oleksandr Usyk News

Cole Shelton - April 19, 2023

Amer Abdallah of Saudi’s Skill Challenge Entertainment is looking to host a mega boxing event this year with Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk as the main event. The Saudi boxing promoter revealed talks are underway to see Fury take on Usyk in the headliner and Deontay Wilder face Anthony Joshua in the co-main event on the same card. It also would not be a tournament, just two heavyweight fights going down on the same night.

Lewis Simpson - March 22, 2023

The highly anticipated heavyweight boxing bout between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk has fallen through after negotiations failed to materialize. Fury and Usyk were set to unify their respected titles on April 29 at Wembley Stadium in London, England. Still, as the bout came close to being finalized, negotiations took another dramatic turn.

Josh Evanoff - March 10, 2023

Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury are reportedly finalizing their heavyweight clash. The two heavyweight champions have been in discussions for a fight for months now. The pair originally targeted a clash last December, but the bout failed to come to fruition. Due to ‘The Cat’ still recovering from an injury sustained in his rematch with Anthony Joshua, Fury instead faced Derek Chisora.

Susan Cox - December 22, 2022

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk have agreed to fight each other next for the undisputed heavyweight world title. Tyson Fury, 34, has a 33-0 record in the boxing ring, 24 of those by knockout.

Christopher Taylor - August 20, 2022

Tyson Fury has announced that he will NOT be retiring after watching Oleksandr Usyk defeat Anthony Joshua this evening in Saudi Arabia. Usyk (20-0) and Joshua (24-3) collided for a second time this evening at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Chris Taylor - August 20, 2022

Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua squared off for a second time this evening at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The pair had originally collided under the bright lights of Tottenham Spurs Stadium in September of 2021, with over 65,000 fans in attendance. That evening in London, Usyk scored a lopsided unanimous decision win over Joshua to take home the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles.

Chris Taylor - August 20, 2022

Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua will square off for a second time this evening at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The pair had originally collided under the bright lights of Tottenham Spurs Stadium with over 65,000 fans in attendance. That evening in London, Usyk scored a lopsided unanimous decision win over Joshua to take home the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles.

Harry Kettle - August 19, 2022

Deontay Wilder has given his thoughts on the upcoming rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua this weekend. Last September, Oleksandr Usyk surprised a lot of fight fans and pundits by defeating Anthony Joshua to capture the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles. It was always expected that the pair would run it back at some point and on Saturday night, that’s exactly what will happen over in Saudi Arabia as Usyk puts the belts on the line in the name of trying to end this Joshua rivalry once and for all.

Susan Cox - March 3, 2022

Oleksandr Usyk, 35, is a Ukrainian professional boxer and world champion in two weight classes. Usyk last competed in September of 2021, where he defeated Anthony Joshua in a stunning upset to claim the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight titles. The powerful heavyweight champion is focussed on his country of Ukraine and not his boxing titles at this time.

Chris Taylor - February 26, 2022

Ukraine’s boxing heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has sent a desperate plea to Vladimir Putin requesting that he “Stop this war!”. Usyk (19-0 Boxing) was in Sheffield, England, earlier this week to promote the release of the new boxing game eSports Boxing Club.

Christopher Taylor - September 25, 2021

Anthony Joshua put the IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles on the line when he squared off with Oleksandr Usyk this evening in London. The pair collided under the bright lights of Tottenham Spurs Stadium with over 65,000 fans in attendance.

Christopher Taylor - September 25, 2021

Anthony Joshua risked his IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight belts when he squared off with Oleksandr Usyk this evening at Tottenham Spurs stadium in London. Joshua (24-2) was returning to action for the first time since December of 2020, where he had scored a ninth round knockout victory over Kubrat Pulev. Prior to that win, the British champion had suffered his lone career defeat came at the hands of Andy Ruiz Jr.

Harry Kettle - October 8, 2019

Matchroom Boxing managing director Eddie Hearn has confirmed that the scheduled Tyrone Spong vs. Oleksandr Usyk showdown is in jeopardy following an adverse finding in one of Spong’s recent drug tests. Spong (14-0) and Usyk (16-0) were set to go head to head at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois this weekend in what would’ve marked Oleksandr’s official move up to the heavyweight division. The transition has been highly anticipated for a few years now, with Usyk’s swan song as a cruiserweight coming last November when he knocked out Tony Bellew in Manchester.