Oleksandr Usyk makes a shocking statement about his career ahead of the Tyson Fury rematch
Oleksandr Usyk just made a statement about his career that shocked many fans, even though the classic rematch with Tyson Fury is still ahead..
There are more than 6 months left until the classic rematch with Tyson Fury to decide the most prestigious belts in the world of heavyweight boxing, but yesterday Oleksandr Usyk shocked many people when he revealed the future of his career.
Exactly, after defeating Tyson Fury by points on May 19, Usyk became the first absolute heavyweight boxing champion in the era of the four prestigious belts WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO. So the rematch, the Fury-Usyk 2 fight scheduled for December 21 this year, will be the defense of the throne of the 37-year-old Ukrainian boxer.
It’s unclear how the scenario of Tyson Fury vs Usyk 2 will play out after 6 months, but it will likely be “Usyk’s last match on the heavyweight boxing ring”.
Indeed! In an interview on the podcast “3 Knockdown Rule” yesterday, Usyk made this shocking statement. “I think, maybe after the rematch with Fury I will lower my body weight to return to compete in the cruiserweight division.”
“I can conquer the title of “absolute champion” in the cruiseweight division for the second time. That’s always the plan in my mind. At heavyweight, every time I enter the training camp to prepare for a fight, I have to eat, eat, and eat. eat a lot. For me it’s difficult.”
It is known that after leaving amateur boxing to move to professional boxing, Usyk reaped his first titles in the cruiserweight division, also known as the semi-heavyweight division (under 90.7 kg).
Usyk won the WBO world cruiserweight title for the first time in September 2016 after defeating Glowacki in Poland. 2 years later, in July 2018, with a victory over Murat Gassiev, Usyk unified all four prestigious belts as well as The Ring title to become the “absolute champion” of the welterweight division.
Even less than 4 months after the above match, Usyk successfully defended his title when he knocked out Tony Bellew (November 2018) in round 8. That was also the last match before Usyk left behind all the high belts. quarter to move up to the heavyweight division.
Obviously, with a height of 1.90m and a weight regularly maintained around 100kg, Usyk’s body is still too… small on the heavyweight boxing floor.
Needless to say, even though he has increased his body weight to 105.9 kg, the heaviest since competing in professional boxing, Usyk is still “tiny” when standing in front of the 2.06m tall Tyson Fury and trying to lose weight. fat was 118.8 kg in the classic belt unification match last month.
As he ages, the reluctance to lose weight seems to put Usyk at an even greater disadvantage. Thus, returning to the cruiserweight division is the most reasonable calculation, especially when Usyk still wants to stand at the top of the boxing world with the title of “absolute champion”.
