Usyk goes after Tyson Fury after defeating Anthony Joshua

Oleksandr Usyk on Sunday threw down a challenge to Britain’s Tyson Fury to come out of retirement and fight him for the undisputed world heavyweight boxing title.

This comes after the Ukrainian defeated Anthony Joshua for the second time to retain the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO belts in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Usyk made it clear he was only interested in fighting Fury. When asked about a potential clash, he said “I’m sure that Tyson Fury is not retired yet. I am convinced he wants to fight me. I want to fight him. And if I’m not fighting Tyson Fury, I’m not fighting at all”.

Meanwhile, Fury announced in April he had promised his wife he would retire but has also declared an interest in fighting Joshua.

Fury’s promoter, Frank Warren, said that the “Gypsy King” was showing “itchy feet” and was keen to get back into the ring.

Sharing an expletive-laden reaction to the fight on Twitter, Fury wrote “It was one of the worst heavyweight title fights I have ever seen,” he said. “I would annihilate both of them on the same night…” the Gypsy King is here to stay forever.”

Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn paid tribute to Usyk, saying he would have scored the fight 115-113 to the 35-year-old Ukrainian.

“He’s too good and there’s no shame in it. They are both tremendous fighters,” added Hearn when asked how the champion would stack up against Fury. “I’m not sure anyone can beat Oleksandr Usyk.

Tyson Fury is a clever man. He had the chance to fight him and chose not to. Will he come out of retirement? Good luck to both of them. ”

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