The WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight champion team discussed options for the next fight.
Oleksandr Usyk can still fight American boxer Deontay Wilder. This is what the coach of WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight champion Sergei Lapin said.
According to the specialist, the American is included in the list of possible rivals of Usyk. At the same time, Usik’s mentor convinced Alexander that he was not afraid of a formidable opponent.
“Deontay Wilder’s name was mentioned. Usyk is not afraid of Wilder. In Deontay’s last fight, I didn’t see anything new. Wilder is very simple. He comes out and hits, he punches very hard. He compensates for their lack of equipment,” Boxing News quoted Lapin as saying. 24.
It should be noted that earlier the promoter of the Ukrainian champion, Alexander Krasyuk, was convinced that Usyk’s fight with Wilder was impossible.
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