{"id":54944,"date":"2025-10-19T04:36:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T08:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/usyk-dismisses-itauma-but-announces-return-to-the-ring-in-2026-3\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T04:36:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T08:36:19","slug":"usyk-dismisses-itauma-but-announces-return-to-the-ring-in-2026-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/boxing\/usyk-dismisses-itauma-but-announces-return-to-the-ring-in-2026-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Usyk dismisses Itauma, but announces return to the ring in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"372e2b\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #372e2b;\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1017%2Fr1561494_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74686 not-transparent\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nOleksandr Usyk, after defeating Daniel Dubois in July, has ruled out a fight against the young British heavyweight Moses Itauma, but confirmed that he is training and plans to return to the ring next year.\n\nUsyk (24-0, 15 KOs), who regained his undisputed heavyweight crown by knocking out Daniel Dubois in July, won the IBF belt in a resounding victory at Wembley Stadium.\n\nThe WBO ordered the Ukrainian boxer to fight interim champion Joseph Parker, but negotiations did not prosper, as Usyk declared he was injured and needed time out of the ring.\n\nParker will face Fabio Wardley in London on October 25.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1017%2Fr1561493_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74687\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nUsyk revealed that he has returned to training, but will not fight against Itauma (13-0, 11 KOs) in his next fight.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>No, I will not fight Itauma. He is young&#8230; he is always provoking me. And he himself said that he does not hit grandfathers.<\/p><cite>Oleksandr Usyk<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nUsyk added that he cannot reveal the name of his next opponent, as negotiations are ongoing.\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Boxing opponents Tyson Fury should consider for his return<\/li><li>Undisputed atomweight champion Tina Rupprecht retires at 33<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nItauma is considered one of the most promising prospects in world boxing, with 11 knockouts in 13 fights. He achieved a remarkable victory in his last fight, a first-round knockout over Dillian Whyte in August.\n\nUsyk, 38 years old, plans to return to the ring in 2026, but an opponent has not yet been decided.\n\nThe boxer stated that he plans to continue competing until he is 41 years old, and then he will build a sports academy to train and develop others.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oleksandr Usyk, after defeating Daniel Dubois in July, has ruled out a fight against the young British heavyweight Moses Itauma, but confirmed that he is training and plans to return to the ring next year. Usyk (24-0, 15 KOs), who regained his undisputed heavyweight crown by knocking out Daniel Dubois in July, won the IBF [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[205,238,3110,5257],"class_list":{"0":"post-54944","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-boxing","7":"tag-boxing","8":"tag-heavyweight","9":"tag-moses-itauma","10":"tag-oleksandr-usyk"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54944\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}