Oleksandr Usyk is not carrying heavyweight championship gold.
The previous unified champion introduced on social media on Friday that he has determined to vacate all three world titles: WBA, IBF and WBC.
“This can be a good time to say I wish to give again all of the belts I at present maintain,” Usyk mentioned. “I wish to make them obtainable so the following guys in line can battle for them.”
A former undisputed champion in two totally different weight lessons, Usyk adopted up his profitable profession at cruiserweight with spectacular performances at heavyweight. Since shifting as much as his present weight class, Usyk has had a number of wins over Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and Daniel Dubois, with every victory knocking out the latter.
In his most up-to-date battle, Usyk scored a controversial stoppage victory over former GLORY heavyweight champion Rico Verhoeven in Could in a way more aggressive bout than anybody anticipated.
Concurrently the announcement that he could be relinquishing his belt, Usyk additionally made it clear that he wouldn’t be retiring from the game of boxing, a minimum of not but.
“Guys, I am leaving the belt, however I am not leaving the game, as a result of I nonetheless have one final dance left,” Usyk defined. “I wish to thank everybody. I’ve nice respect for all organizations. I wish to thank everybody and say there’s extra to come back. Glory to God in every little thing. Glory to Ukraine.”
