After the November victory over Tony Belly, fans of Oleksandr Usik were waiting for Ukraine – the start of a career in the heavyweight category. But not everything is so simple in the world of great boxing.
Usik finished in 2018 perfectly, in the absolute champion status of krevaservit and with excellent promotion (the Ukrainian team began working with the famous British promoter Eddie Horne). Therefore, high expectations in the form of debut in Heavyweight and the move to fight with Joshua – are highly warranted. But in the court is already in January, and the question with the next rival, Usik, is increasing more and more.
OBOZREVATEL understands that this is not the case in the situation of the later career of Usik and that wait more for the Ukrainian champion.
The rise was not opportune, the big boys have to fight
"There are problems with the selection of the rivals to beat the big weights", hiding the promoters of difficulties Usik Oleksandr Krasyuk, in an interview with FightNews. And there is nothing surprising here: Krasyuk himself did not promise everything at the same time, and the situation perfectly reflects the importance of the statutes and the situation of the boxing fights market.
Alexander Usik
At first it might seem that Usik will not be hard to find. a heavyweight partner – to fight with a brave Ukrainian must hear a lot. But heavyweights and their managers think differently: early in 2019, their priorities were completely different.
Among Usik's closest rivals, the British Dillian White and Derek Chisora, of New Zealand's Joseph Parker, of Cameroon's Carlos, were recently trained and matured during disruptions at the top of the heavyweights, where the best challenge is the best and aims to win big wins. Takam, Cuban Luis Ortiz and American Jarell Miller. We forget the champions of Deontea Wilder and Anthony Joshua. Of the previous six, the promoter of Hirna's caliber could easily hold the battle of Usik, but the boxers themselves are still watching the Ukrainians and do not want to dissociate themselves from the Heevile novice. Krasyuk himself perfectly described the situation in a few sentences.
Parker and Miller refused to fight, Thak challenged Chisori and White would probably fight with Joshua in April, "says Krasyuk for FightNews," The schedules are more than logical. "Miller's ambitions and" high "goals At the battle with Joshua in the near future), Takam has decided to improve his score (WBC is 12th and Chisora 9th), which will allow Cameroonians to "compose the whistles." And Chisora, after defeating White, will probably raise his defeat to restore his reputation.
Well, White, being the first number in the WBC standings, has already matured to fight with Joshua. By the way, by the way, he was recently scored by an absurd statement: "Hey, he's good, but he's not known to fans, and he does not speak English." The fight with Usik for me is not really a big fight, it's a big one battle that interests me.Of course, h boxing fans Hardest ardors will attend the battle between White and Usick, but how to sell this event to as many buyers will be problematic, "Briton Vringe.com quotes.
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From the foregoing, we still do not know what is left of Parker's situation. First, according to Krasyuk, Parker and his team abandoned the fight against Usikom, but the Parker director himself denied the refusal. However, immediately Higgins (promoter Parker) says they have not received any suggestions regarding the battle with Usik. Maybe it's not yet an hour? But overall, it's time to focus on fighting some of the best in the WBC category (like, for example, before the Battle of White and Chisora, it was thought that some of this duo would become certainly a rival for a Ukrainian).
Why Between Two "The Gunners" Povetkin and No Ortiz
"Only Povetkin and Ortiz were left with good opponents for Husky's ambitious start, with a 70% probability, some of them were not. between them will become the Wig's first rival in the heavyweight, "said Krasyuka FightNews. The Husk team and the boxer himself for the heaveyt debut remain to be chosen from those who are not yet active. And such are the Cuban Luis Ortiz and the Russian Alexander Povetkin.
Alexander Povetkin (left) in battle with Anthony Joshua
In general, the versions are very decent, Ortis in general №2. WBC (October 2018), and Povetkin is not the last. But these guys are still in the "second rank" heavyweight, after Joshua, Wilder, White, Parker and others. In addition, Povetkin and Ortiz have a well-known reputation – both continue their career after many scandals and disqualifications (including Povetkin). And now that the Russian, the Cuban, "whitewash" his career, "to applause" will agree to fight even with the beginner Heevity against Usik.
Povetkin seems more likely. Yes, because of the confrontation between Ukraine and Russia. The promoters themselves and the organizers of the battle with the television channels understand that a politically tense atmosphere will warm up and that any sports confrontation between Ukraine and Russia will occur. The whistle battle against Murat Gassiev was perfectly demonstrated when he not only gathered a large number of spectators on the day of the battle, but also aroused interest for several months the day before.
Moreover, Povetkin itself seems to have a great deal of interest in a beautiful battle where it is possible to grow. several belts at a time. "The Russian knight" is completely hidden from the 2016-2017 doping scandal, has managed to "joke" Joshua in a false battle and is quite inclined to level the career with a battle of good status . The whistle is not for Povetkin anything incredible, but the Russians themselves will try to tighten the battle against Russia and make it beneficial for Russia.
But the time has come and, although Asika's team is pondering and looking, the WBA has already forced the Ukrainian to protect his champion belt against (again , Russian) Denis Lebedev of PutinTeam. Krasyuk himself refrains from commenting on this, but in Lebedev's camp, "strained ropes" are already in the ring for the battle against Usik.
Denis Lebedev
"The ashes will remain in the first heavyweight and will save Title WBA WBA issued a resolution that Usik and Lebedev are forced to fight until March 10, 2019." – says Vadim Kornilov, director of Lebedev, TASS. For Lebedev, such a fight is usually a fight when there will not be a single belt (including a belt that was removed from the Russian for refusing to participate in the WBSS) on the horse.
Now, Usik was on a small crossroads – either to make his Heavyweight debut, but most likely with Povetkin, or to stay and defend the titles in the gravel (and again with the Russian, Lebedev). Krasyuk has recently "reassured" the Ukrainian fans, who will meet Hirnomu in the near future and decide everything. The solution will probably be in favor of the Heavyweight debut, but maybe the promoters will pause to find the wig of this great rival?
