Oleksandr Usyk is yet to be beaten in the boxing ring.
Usyk has achieved things no man has ever done in the ring before in the four-belt era by becoming undisputed cruiserweight and then moving up to heavyweight and becoming a two-time undisputed champion.
In the top division, he has fought all of Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and Daniel Dubois twice, beaten them all, and never been knocked down.
Later in October, there is a showdown between Fabio Wadley and Joseph Parker, with the winner to be called as Usyk’s WBO mandatory challenger.
Speaking to iFL TV, Wardley explained his approach to the fight game.
“The game isn’t prance around, sit on the shelf and get yourself in a nice position and wait there for 18 months for a belt to fall in your hands. Do you want it or not? Go get it then. Go have a go.
“I would much rather go test myself against one of the best in the division at the moment and we win, we lose, either way I’m happy cause you know what I didn’t hang around, I’m not one of those people who goes oh where’s Fabio he hasn’t fought for a year now.
“Now, I’m in the thick of it. I had a great position with the WBO. I was like third in the queue for a shot at the world title but if I was like I can jump to the front then I will jump to the front. Don’t get me wrong, it’s no easy ride, Parker in front of me is. Great fight and a great opponent but ultimately I want that shot so however I get there first, I’m going to get there first.”
The former British and Commonwealth champion was then asked if he thought he could outbox Parker.
“Yeah, I believe I can, if I decide I want to on the night I believe I can outbox him. Right skill set, quick hands, quick feet, I can get in and out if I chose to. Whether I decide to do that or not is a different question. We have different layers to the game plan. It depends on the night how he shapes up and how he goes about things so we’ll see.”
He then made a bold claim about what would happen if he were to fight undisputed champion Usyk.
“I definitely think I can knock [Usyk] out, whether or not it would be in Ipswich would be a different question. That would be a mad one wouldn’t it.”
In the meantime, former foe Fury has once again called out Usyk for a trilogy fight next year.
