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Usik refused to fight for the absolute title with a dangerous fighter from England
Alexander Usik He explained why he chose to fight Deontay Wilder and not Fabio Wardley for the title of absolute world champion.
According to the champion, this decision has nothing personal and is determined solely by his sporting heritage.
The Ukrainian player emphasized that history and global challenges are important to him. Usyk admitted he has long wanted to fight in the United States, and Wilder is one of the most dominant heavyweights of the last decade.
“This is not about feelings or choices between people. I’m thinking about legacy. I want to box in America and Wilder is a big name in the heavyweight division,” Usyk said.
He also emphasized that Wilder, after two victories over Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury, remains the only representative of the “Big Three” whom he has not yet met in the ring.
🥊’USYK EXPLAINS WHY HE CHOOSE WILDER INSTEAD OF WARDLEY’
Usyk rejected the idea that the decision was personal, saying the fight was about the legacy and history of the sport. He announced that he wanted to box in the USA and that Wilder was one of the dominant heavyweights of the recent period… pic.twitter.com/PquOG3hEVa
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Former WBO world welterweight champion Marco Huck (43-5-1, 28 KOs) will fight at age 41. This was reported by the authoritative publication BILD.
The German representative will enter the ring at the Gerry Weber Arena in Halle (North Rhine-Westphalia). The fight will take place on February 14, Marco’s supporters continue to look for an opponent.
Hook is known to Ukrainian fans for his fight against Oleksandr Usyk in the quarter-finals of the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) in 2017.
Usyk stopped his opponent in the tenth round, the referees recorded the victory by technical knockout. Later, the Ukrainian boxer admitted that Marko was the only opponent he did not like in his career.
Hook has only competed in one fight in the last five years – defeating Eugenios Lazaridis (Greece) at the heavyweight limit via unanimous decision in June 2024.
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WBO heavyweight champion Fabio Wardley He talked about hypothetical fights that Alexander Usik had with boxing legends Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali in his best years.
The Briton chose Usik to face Tyson. According to Wardley, the Ukrainian will have an advantage due to his movement, boxing intelligence and ability to control the pace of the fight.
He also favored the American legend in a possible fight against WBO champion Muhammad Ali. According to him, Ali was a more natural boxer, had high mobility and could work effectively from a distance, which would be a decisive factor in the fight with Usyk.
Let us remind you that Oleksandr Usyk remains undefeated in professional boxing and has defeated Joshua, Fury and Dubois twice before.
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Fights
UFC champion’s manager Harrison: “The doctor said that without surgery she could be permanently paralyzed”
Manager Ali Abdel-Aziz, who represents the interests of UFC bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison, spoke about the athlete’s health.
On January 24, Harrison was scheduled to fight Amanda Nunes at UFC 324, but withdrew from the fight, revealing that she had undergone neck surgery.
“This situation with the neck injury has been going on for a long time. Kayla hasn’t been 100% fit for the last three years. She always had a tingling sensation in her neck, and often she could not raise her arm at all. She was given injections, given a bunch of anti-inflammatory medications, but nothing helped.
The UFC flew her to New York, and the doctor there immediately said that she needed surgery, because otherwise she could remain paralyzed forever. The disc was pressing on the spinal cord. But I’ll tell you this: immediately after the operation, all the pain went away,” MMA Fighting quotes Abdel-Aziz.
35-year-old Harrison won 19 victories and one defeat in MMA. She has owned the championship belt since the summer of 2025 and has not yet made a single defense.
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