Oleksandr USYK: “I am not interested in fighting this boxer. I tell it like it is”

WBC, WBA and IBF super heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk (24–0, 15 KO) admitted that he is not going to enter the ring against the British Fabio Wordley (20–0–1, 19 KO), who became the new owner of the WBO title.

“They said to me, ‘You have to defend the WBO title,’ and I said, ‘Yes, I can do it, but not now.’ I had a very difficult year and a half with Tyson Fury – two fights and preparation for them. Then the victory over Dubois.

Listen, there is sport and there is business. If Joseph Parker won, I would be interested in going to the ring against him. However, Wardley won – I’m not interested in fighting him. I say it as it is.

Okay, take the belt, box, maybe later we will have a grand fight, Usyk concluded.

Wordley last appeared in the ring on October 25, when he unexpectedly knocked out New Zealander Joseph Parker in London. The Briton won the interim title, and after Usyk’s refusal of the WBO belt, he became a full-fledged super heavyweight world champion.