Oleksandr Usyk reveals surprise plan for next fight after Tyson Fury rematch

Oleksandr Usyk has elaborate an audacious scheme to driblet down to cruiserweight again successful hunt of a 3rd profession spell arsenic an undisputed champion should he conclusion Tyson Fury connected Saturday.

The Ukrainian takes connected the Briton successful Riyadh 7 months aft creating history to go a two-weight undisputed king and symbol of dream amid conflict backmost home.

Usyk emerged victorious via divided decision and pinch wins complete Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois, the existent IBF heavyweight world champion, an unprecedented move appears to motivate the 37-year-old into 2025 and beyond.

“[If] I triumph again, [in] a 2nd fight, I'll effort cruiserweight again [for the undisputed title],” he told Sky Sports News.

“I'll try. I consciousness good. [This is] the 13th information because I consciousness for illustration this.”

Usyk’s sparkling profession has seen him triumph golden astatine the Olympics astatine London 2012, earlier claiming the undisputed crown complete Murat Gassiev successful 2018 and past dispatching Tony Bellew later that year.

Usyk weighed 223.5lbs for his first conflict pinch Fury and, should he shed the weight to meet the 200lbs limit, he would look a difficult and time-consuming task to information up the belts erstwhile more.

The first conflict of 2025, should he move his backmost connected the heavyweight division, would spot 1 of the pursuing return connected 1 of the top fighters of a generation: Gilberto Ramirez, who holds the WBA and WBO titles, Badou Jack arsenic the WBC champion and Jai Opetaia is the IBF champion.

"Tyson Fury had a chance [to wounded me] successful the sixth round, possibly the seventh round, possibly 12th, 11th, first, second," Usyk said.

"But Tyson did not do it. It's conscionable talk. Tyson said I had the chance. Yeah, nary problem. We person a 2nd fight, I'll try."

Fury, meanwhile, insists he is motivated by money not bequest with a lucrative showdown against Joshua still firmly connected his radar.

Fury was ringside astatine Wembley to watch Joshua’s melodramatic conclusion and was caught connected camera saying “that’s costs maine £150million, the silly c***” – a remark he insists he meant.

“Of people I did. We would person had a two-fight woody lined up for a s*** ton of money. Unfortunately doors open, doors close,” Fury said. “Does it really matter if he has different nonaccomplishment aliases not? It doesn’t matter. It’s still a large fight.

“Even if he goes successful against Dubois and he gets knocked retired again – which he would – that doesn’t mean it’s a s*** conflict now. It’s still a awesome fight. It’s a awesome conflict that we each want to see.”