Who should Oleksandr Usyk fight next?

Wardley or Kabayal.

I'd been fine with Wilder as a performative fight when he gets done with those two. Itauma when he gets one really eye-catching win. Belly or Joshua if they fought each other and there was a clear winner.

If Parker gets past his coke problems, I would still be happy with him after a tune-up.

Right now, just Wardly or Kabayal.

 

I think Fury will fight Wardley soon, and Usyk will fight Fury next.

Probably Warren, Usyk, Fury got together and wrote the script: Usyk vacates the title, Wardley becomes the champion, Fury beats Wardley and it will be Fury vs Usyk 3 for the undisputed championship.

 

How is it Wardley next? Usyk vacated the WBO title in order not to fight Wardley...

 

Now that he's been defeated by Wardley, he should probably admit he's shot like put.

 

sadly, this is absolutely the plan.

 

I do have to agree here. Likely outcome of Usyk-Wardley looks something like the Wardley-Huni fight, except much worse, and without Usyk getting caught. Usyk has been in there with, and caught flush by Gassiev, AJ, Dubois. One stray punch getting through isn't going to KO him.

Likely outcome of Usyk-Kabayl is... who the hell knows. Let's test that weak midsection theory. Kabayel loves to go to the body anyway, but against a guy whose only perceived weakness is to the body? That's going to be his whole fight plan. Kabayel will spend his camp eating liver every day in preparation.

 

I honestly think that usyk,s priority now is to keep the "zero" on his record and he stays away from any fight that he considers even remotely dangerous for him . It appears he considers wardley as dangerous .

 

I would put here my bets on kabayel . Usyk surely outperforms him in boxing skills and would be on the cards every round but he is not the power puncher to spark him out and kabayel is hungry , has an incredible heart and will and is a brutal body puncher , usyk,s weakest point .

Usyk cannot take more to the body than zhang did , and zhang went down .

 

I think wardely, kabayel or Itauma are the legit challenges. I think he should retire though i dont want to see him get knocked out past his best go out at the top.

 

Kabayel is the one who looks like the best contender now., so him. Wardley is alright, and I would like Parker if he isn't banned for too long. He fought well before he got caugh by Wardley, so it's not like he was exposed or anything. Itauma could be a bit of cradle robbing at this point. He'd be better in 2027-28, if Usyk sticks around for that long.

No one else really interests me. Well, Opetaia if he moved up. He might well be a bigger challenge than anyone else right now. Would be nice to see him beat a HW contender first, though.

But no rubber or rematch. And who else are there? Bakole, who can't be bothered to show up in decent shape (double that for Ruiz and Miller)? Hrgovic? Zhang? Sanchez? Rematch with Gassiev or, worse, a fight with Pulev? Just nothing interesting there right now.

 

Realistically nobody challenges him - he wins clearly regardless of who he picks.

Legacy-wise, nobody makes a really clear case for themselves just at the moment either.

I'd rather it's not a never-was like Wilder or Hrgovic, but I'd still watch even if he takes a soft touch like that.

There's nothing really screaming out as an obvious must make fight.

 

Itauma or Kabayel.