Aleksandr Usyk Boxing News
Hearn says Joshua might vacate titles before facing Wilder
March 28th, 2019
By Trevor McIntyre: Eddie Hearn is saying that if IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua can’t get a unification fight against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder in November, he may end up vacating some of his world titles. → read full story
Oleksander Usyk vacates WBA cruiserweight title
March 27th, 2019
By Tim Royner: Cruiserweight champion Oleksander Usyk vacated his World Boxing Association title on Wednesday after the WBA ordered him to defend it against ‘Champion in Recess’ Denis Lebedev (32-2, 23 KOs). → read full story
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Carlos Takam could be moved to May 17
March 22nd, 2019
By Tim Royner: Eddie Hearn confirms he has an agreement between Oleksander Usyk and Carlos Takam to face each other next in a fight on DAZN on May 17 or May 18. → read full story
WBA orders Usyk vs. Lebedev
March 20th, 2019
By Jim Dower: in what could prove to be a pointless endeavor, the WBA has ordered IBF/WBA/WBC/WBO cruiserweight champion Oleksander Usyk to make a defense against his World Boxing Association mandatory challenger Denis Lebedev. → read full story
Povetkin will NOT be fighting Usyk next
March 6th, 2019
By Tim Royner: Alexander Povetkin (32-2, 24 KOs) won’t be facing Oleksander Usyk (16-0, 12 KOs) in his heavyweight debut after all, according to latest boxing news. → read full story
Usyk to fight Takam or Povetkin next on May 18
March 3rd, 2019
By Tim Royner: Oleksander Usyk vs. Alexander Povetkin is still a possibility for May 18, according to promoter Eddie Hearn, but he says Carlos Takam is also a possibility for Oleksander on that card on DAZN. → read full story
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Alexander Povetkin targeted for May 18 on DAZN
March 2nd, 2019
By Mike Smith: A big fight between Alexander Povetkin and Oleksander Usyk is in the works for May 18 in Chicago, Illinois on DAZN, according to Mike Coppinger. → read full story
The Ukrainian Boxing Invasion
February 26th, 2019
By Andy Farr: Wladimir Klitschko turned professional in November 1996 having won an Olympic gold medal for Ukraine in the summer games in Atlanta that same year. → read full story
Callum Smith and Oleksander Usyk doubleheader possible in May
February 22nd, 2019
By Trevor McIntyre: Eddie Hearn is interested in having WBA Super World super middleweight champion Callum Smith (25-0, 18 KOs) fight an opponent still to be determined on unbeaten unified cruiserweight champion Oleksander Usyk’s card in a doubleheader in the United States in May in Chicago or on the undercard of Anthony Joshua’s next fight […]
Hearn says Joshua vs. Usyk happens in 2020
February 21st, 2019
By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn plans on putting together a fight between Oleksander Usyk (16-0, 12 KOs) and Anthony Joshua (22-0, 21 KOs) in 2020. → read full story
