Fury vs Usyk: Ukraine’s hero to lose undisputed heavyweight title despite beating Gypsy King
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Fury vs Usyk: Ukraine’s hero to lose undisputed heavyweight title despite beating Gypsy King

Stephen Oladehinde 14:54 - 19.05.2024

Oleksandr Usyk, who defeated Tyson Fury, is going to lose his title as the world's undisputed heavyweight champion.

In an exciting bout on Saturday night in Saudi Arabia, the Ukrainian emerged victorious over the Gypsy King via split decision.

With his victory over Fury, Usyk unified the heavyweight division and added the WBC title to his already held WBA (Super), WBO, IBF, and IBO crowns.

Usyk to lose world title

The Ukrainian Cat Oleksandr Usyk who is currently the undisputed heavyweight champion, will lose his world title.

According to reports from Daily Mail, the heavyweight fighter is scheduled to lose the IBF championship in the upcoming weeks

Oleksandr Usyk dominated the Gypsy King || X
Oleksandr Usyk dominated the Gypsy King || X

The boxer will instead be concentrating on a scheduled rematch with Fury, which is anticipated to happen in October.

This is because Usyk's required opponent for the IBF championship, Filip Hrgovic, will not wait for that rematch to happen. 

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Oleksandr Usyk defeat Tyson Fury || X

As a result, Usyk will forfeit the IBF belt, and it will be up for grabs when Hrgovic fights Daniel Dubois in June of this year.

Anthony Joshua is scheduled to fight at Wembley in September, following the June match winner.

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Oleksandr Usyk || X

This implies that the winner of the rematch between Usyk and Fury won't be the undisputed world champion because they won't have the IBF title.

The winner would then have to decide if they wanted to try to get that back in order to bring the world title back together.

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