{"id":296539,"date":"2025-07-27T18:38:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T18:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/296539\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T18:38:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T18:38:15","slug":"tony-bellew-names-the-only-two-fighters-who-have-chance-of-beating-oleksandr-usyk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/296539\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Bellew names the only two fighters who have chance of beating Oleksandr Usyk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tony Bellew believes only Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua can beat Oleksandr Usyk – despite both having lost twice to him already.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Usyk is seemingly invincible in the heavyweight division right now, with contenders falling in the wake of the all-time great.<\/p>\n

\"Bellew<\/a><\/p>\n

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Bellew has forever raved about Usyk’s elite and world class ability<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian defeated Daniel Dubois<\/a> for the second time in his most recent bout, brutally stopping the Briton to become a two-time undisputed heavyweight world champion.<\/p>\n

There are very little challengers left to step up to the plate, with Joseph Parker next in line after being ordered<\/a> by the WBO as Usyk’s next mandatory challenger.<\/p>\n

But the current king has been linked with alternative fights should he vacate the title including third clashes with Fury, who has already set a date<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In an interview with talkSPORT, former world champion Bellew who lost himself to Usyk in 2018, believes Fury is alongside Joshua in the two who have the talent to beat Usyk.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cPeople won\u2019t like this but the person who gives him the best fight is Tyson Fury<\/a>, probably.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople don\u2019t like me saying that but he\u2019s the one who\u2019s given him the most trouble. [Fury] or \u2018AJ\u2019. <\/p>\n

“The rematch with \u2018AJ\u2019, he was level going into round 10.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fury himself claims he beat Usyk in both of their fights in 2024, where he was handed the first two losses of his own career.<\/p>\n

But the masterful Ukrainian was simply too much for Fury who matched him toe-to-toe but was denied on both occasions on the judges scorecards.<\/p>\n

Joshua himself had two attempts at beating Usyk, with his first a complete schooling in a real upset in 2021.<\/p>\n

\"Oleksandr<\/a><\/p>\n

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Usyk defeated Fury twice last year in epic showdownsCredit: GETTY\"Likewise<\/a><\/p>\n

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Likewise Joshua didn’t get any joyCredit: Matchroom<\/p>\n

One year later AJ tried to get his revenge and went close with the current champion, but was edged despite making major improvements.<\/p>\n

For now, neither fighter was able to slay ‘The Cat’, who is leaving a legacy of true dominance.<\/p>\n

Usyk is now 38-years-old and has suggested he may only have one more fight before retiring from the sport.<\/p>\n

A queue of new challengers are waiting for their future shot, which could include British rising star Moses Itauma<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Itauma is being tipped for a destiny at the top of the division, and Saudi chief Turki Alalshikh wants to see<\/a> the pair meet as a priority.<\/p>\n

But it appears Parker is next in line despite the wishes of others.<\/p>\n

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But it appears Parker will be next for Usyk<\/p>\n

And heavyweight legend Lewis believes it is actually Parker who is best equipped to cause an upset.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cI think Joseph Parker has the best chance right now. I think they\u2019ve been freezing Joseph Parker out.<\/p>\n

\u201cJoseph Parker needs that next fight, so get him in there. Joseph Parker has been waiting for his chance. <\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t know why he hasn\u2019t had it yet. I think he should be the next fight.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tony Bellew believes only Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua can beat Oleksandr Usyk – despite both having lost…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[5060,1935,4496,5122,79,76764,8311,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-296539","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-anthony-joshua","9":"tag-boxing","10":"tag-boxing-news","11":"tag-oleksandr-usyk","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tony-bellew","14":"tag-tyson-fury","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114926656482372347","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}