Not a rematch with Fury: Russian Povetkin named the fight Usyk would like to see

Former world heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin expressed confidence that Oleksandr Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) is obliged to rematch Daniel Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs). The Russian ex-boxer called the fight between the Ukrainian and the Briton the most intriguing in the king's division.

Povetkin said this in an interview with the propaganda publication Soviet Sport. According to him, Dubois' victory over Anthony Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) was impressive. The 25-year-old Briton allegedly demonstrated that he can compete with the fighter he lost by TKO last August.

"Usyk is about to fight Fury again, and recently Joshua lost to Dubois. And I would be interested to see Daniel fight Oleksandr. That would be a really interesting fight: Usyk vs Dubois," Povetkin said.

It will be recalled that on December 21, Usyk will rematch against Tyson Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs). In the first fight, Oleksandr defeated Tyson by split decision 114:113, 113:114, 115:112 and became the absolute world heavyweight champion.

A month after the fight, on May 18, the Ukrainian was forced to give up his International Boxing Federation (IBF) belt. Before that, Oleksandr spoke categorically about what would happen if Tyson tried to disrupt the rematch.

He also shared his expectations for the second fight with Fury and responded to accusations of fraud during the May 18 fight. In addition, Oleksandr told what he learned from this fight.

The legendary Wladimir Klitschko shared his expectations for the rematch between Usyk and Fury. And ex-champion Amir Khan disagreed with the forecasts for the fight's repeat. In addition, Russian Alexander Povetkin attributed the success of our compatriot to Russia.

In turn, Russian boxing coach Andrei Ivichuk called Tyson the winner of the upcoming rematch with Alexander. And the Ukrainian named the only boxer he is interested in fighting after the second fight with the Briton.

In addition, Joshua answered the question of who he would like to see win the rematch between Usyk and Fury. The Briton himself named his motivation for the second fight against our compatriot. He also told when he would start preparing for the fight.

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