Why does Usyk seem to avoid in-form contenders?

Didn't want to fight Whyte (2019)
Didn't want to fight Joyce (2021)
Didn't want to fight Hrgovic (2022~2024)
Didn't want to fight Parker (2025)
Didn't want to fight Wardley (2026)
Delaying Kabayel

Not really his fault that he got to Joshua after Ruiz Jr. took his 0.
Not really his fault that he got to Dubois after a terrible performance against Lerena.
Not really his fault that he got to Fury after a terrible performance against Ngannou.

 

Fair, but he is the top dog (and has been for two years) so is it mainly a money thing?

Seems like he is heavily into his risk-reward calculations

Less risk in three rematches, but the reward was greater than each of the first fights

 

I thought Fury took time off injured, and Hrgovic became an option again, Usyk chose to wait

But aren't your questions, actually:

Why would he fight Whyte (WBO#1) as his first fight at HW, when he could avoid it?

Why fight Joyce (ordered interim WBO title fight) instead of AJ, when he could avoid it?

Why fight Hrgovic (IBF mando), when he could avoid it?

 

Knee jerk fanboy response
You are a better poster than this

 

You seem to be avoiding the initial question.

A poster above has already suggested it is money driven. Would you agree?

It seems like his latest opponent is purely money driven after what will be a 10 month break

 

Hmm, I don't know about that.

When a narrative floated by a number of posters, some years in advance, seems to keep getting reinforced by the fighter's actions, it starts to look a bit too close to reality, and a very good prediction tool

Kind of seems like reality and narrative are becoming one

 

Not at all, I woke up to the news and first thing I did was laugh

 

Not really, if Boxing had a tournament structure like football, Usyk would have to fight these guys.

What Usyk is doing is more like when Manchester United, Real Madrid, etc. wanted to break off in order to form their own super league and pull the ladder (to riches and glory) up behind them