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FILE - Tyson Fury of England celebrates after winning against Mariusz Wach of Poland during a heavyweight charity bout at Max Muay Thai Stadium in Pattaya, Thailand, Friday, July 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, file)

Tyson Fury suggests fight with Joshua is off and challenges Usyk to trilogy bout instead

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FILE - Germany's Agit Kabayel reacts after beating Cuba's Frank Sanchez during their Heavyweight boxing fight, at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, May 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

Heavyweight boxing enters a new era after Usyk vacates his belts. Here’s where they’re all headed

By Steve Douglas - Associated Press

Boxers Oleksandr Usyk, left, the WBC heavyweight champion, and challenger Rico Verhoeven pose during a press conference in London, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (Ben Whitley/PA via AP)

Usyk calls kickboxer Verhoeven a dangerous opponent and predicts Joshua would beat Fury

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FILE - Ukraine's boxer Oleksandr Usyk attends a press conference in Wembley stadium in London, Thursday, July 17, 2025, ahead of the boxing fight between Britain's Daniel Dubois and Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, file)

‘Complete absurdity:’ Usyk hits out at softening stance toward Russian athletes, plans Fury fight

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FILE - Ukrainian heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk, poses for a photo, during an interview with The Associated Press in Valencia, Spain, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Breton, File)

Ukraine boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk released after brief detention in Poland

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FILE - Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk celebrates after beating Britain's Anthony Joshua to retain his world heavyweight title at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022. Oleksandr Usyk will no longer be the undisputed heavyweight boxing champion when he vacates his IBF belt in September. The 37-year-old Ukrainian said in a video posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that he will not defend his IBF title on Sept. 21. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Usyk will no longer be undisputed world heavyweight champion after vacating IBF belt

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Britain's Anthony Joshua, left, and Daniel Dubois during a press conference at the OVO Arena, Wembley, London, Wednesday June 26, 2024. ( Jordan Pettitt/PA via AP)

Joshua to fight Dubois at Wembley for Usyk’s vacated IBF heavyweight belt

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Britain’s Tyson Fury, right, takes a blow from Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk during their undisputed heavyweight world championship boxing fight at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, May 19, 2024. (Nick Potts/PA via AP)

Tyson Fury says his loss to Oleksandr Usyk was because of judges’ sympathies to plight of Ukraine

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

British professional boxer Tyson Fury gestures during a news conference at the The Mazuma Mobile Stadium, Morecambe, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Tyson Fury says size will count for everything in his fight with Oleksandr Usyk to crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion since 2000. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)

Fury says Usyk won’t overcome size difference in the fight to crown the undisputed heavyweight champ

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British WBC and lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury gestures during a joint press conference with Ukrainian heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk, not pictured, at Outernet London, Thursday Nov. 16, 2023. (Zac Goodwin/PA via AP)

Fury and Usyk to fight on Feb. 17 in Saudi Arabia to unify all 4 major heavyweight boxing titles

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Ukrainian heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk, poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press in Valencia, Spain, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. The heavyweight title fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury now appears likely for February. Though Usyk isn’t convinced. The Ukrainian has his doubts because the fight had been planned for Dec. 23 in Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Jose Breton)

Oleksandr Usyk will be sure of Tyson Fury fight when he hears ‘the sound of a bell’

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Ukraine's heavyweight boxing champion and title defender Oleksandr Usyk meets the press in Warsaw, Poland, July 10, 2023, ahead of his fight against Britain's Daniel Dubois on Aug. 26 at Tarczynski Arena in Wroclaw. Usyk will defend his heavyweight boxing titles for the first time in a year when he faces hard-hitting British challenger Daniel Dubois in a clash of styles. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Oleksandr Usyk to defend heavyweight titles against Daniel Dubois. Tyson Fury could be next

By James Ellingworth - Associated Press

Anthony Joshua of Britain waves to spectators after his defeat to Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine in their WBA (Super), WBO and IBF boxing title bout at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) **FILE**

Joshua quick to plot how to beat Usyk in rematch after loss

By Steve Douglas - Associated Press

FILe - In this Aug. 11, 2012 file photo, Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine, dances after winning against Clemente Russo of Italy, in their heavyweight 91-kg gold medal boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Usyk was so excited about winning the heavyweight gold medal that he broke into a traditional Ukrainian dance in the ring. But the Ukraine he pointed to so proudly on the front of his boxing uniform is a different country from the one two years ago. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)

With country in turmoil, Ukraine gets a fight

By TIM DAHLBERG - Associated Press