A new rival has been found for Usyk

Famous promoter Eddie Hearn said that he wants to organize Usyk's third fight with his ward Anthony Joshua. In an interview with The Stomping Ground, Hearn admitted that the main date will be September 21, when Anthony Joshua will fight Daniel Dubois for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) belt, which our boxer was forced to give up. After that, Hearn is ready to think about preparing a fight with the Ukrainian.

In addition, Oleksandr Usyk's victory over Tyson Fury in a rematch on December 21 is a must.

"Normal people in Joshua's place, who had three belts at the time, wouldn't fight Oleksandr Usyk, right? We had everything, we were the biggest star in world boxing, and AJ said: "He's my mandatory opponent, I'm going to fight him." People were telling me: "I wouldn't take that fight if I were you". But he was a mandatory opponent, and we had an obligation to meet him in the ring. And he fought and lost twice: the first time quite confidently, the second time in a more stubborn fight, but still lost. But none of that matters without September 21," Hearn said.

The British promoter recalled the date when he and Usyk's promoter made a historic deal.

"Yesterday was six years since I met Oleksandr Krasiuk at a meeting at the Charles Sank Hotel in Paris, and we sketched out a deal on a napkin for Oleksandr Usyk that led to us organizing about four or five fights with him. It was a great time, great people, great fights, and you know, I would love to see AJ in the ring with him again," Hearn said.

As reported by OBOZ.UA, on September 26, 2021, Oleksandr Usyk defeated Anthony Joshua and became the owner of the WBO, WBA IBF and IBO super-heavyweight belts. The fight in London at the Tottenham Football Club stadium ended with a unanimous decision of the judges 117-112, 116-112, 115-113.

A year later, the rematch between Usyk and Joshua in Jeddah ended in a split decision.

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