{"id":975773,"date":"2026-05-21T15:29:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/975773\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:29:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:29:23","slug":"usyk-still-wants-undisputed-status-despite-wardley-itauma-hurdles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/975773\/","title":{"rendered":"Usyk still wants undisputed status despite Wardley, Itauma hurdles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 39-year-old has said on numerous occasions that he has just three fights before he walks away. <\/p>\n<p>During one particular video, DAZN watched The Ring, IBF, WBA, and WBC heavyweight champion as he trained. After his session, <a class=\"underline text-text-primary font-medium hover:text-blue-70 transition-colors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ringmagazine.com\/fighters\/oleksandr-usyk-5mLRBwodsK5tf2Rb5H6yt6\">Usyk<\/a> (24-0, 15 KOs) pointed to a wall with three dates written on it and explained their meaning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is my first undisputed at cruiserweight,\u201d Usyk said while pointing to a writing on the wall that had 2018 scribbled on it. \u201c2024 Saudi, this is my second undisputed. London 2025, this is my third undisputed. In 2026, four undisputed.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Usyk\u2019s plan to become an undisputed champion would involve a third fight against <a class=\"underline text-text-primary font-medium hover:text-blue-70 transition-colors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ringmagazine.com\/fighters\/daniel-dubois-6CSBk8h0KDEHuGF97imJdG\">Daniel Dubois<\/a>. The Ring\u2019s No. 2-ranked pound-for-pounder dominated him in August 2023 and July 2025, stopping him both times. Wardley activated his rematch clause for an immediate rematch, to take place sometime in the year&#8217;s fourth quarter. Additionally, the WBO has been clear on their stance regarding <a class=\"underline text-text-primary font-medium hover:text-blue-70 transition-colors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ringmagazine.com\/fighters\/moses-itauma-3VhUTdugTYuRwGACgbtSSs\">Moses Itauma<\/a>, its No. 1 contender and mandatory challenger, getting his title shot at some stage.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, a few things have happen first before Usyk gets an opportunity to claim undisputed status a fourth time across two weight divisions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 39-year-old has said on numerous occasions that he has just three fights before he walks away. During&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":975774,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4108],"tags":[222138,3907,1935,222139,4496,79,10171,16,15],"class_list":["post-975773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-object-object","tag-article","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-articles","tag-boxing-news","tag-sports","tag-the-ring","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116613281768648551","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975773","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=975773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/975774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=975773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=975773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=975773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}