Fresh off his undisputed heavyweight win over Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk has been offered the chance add to his legacy by becoming a three-weight world champion.
Usyk moved up from cruiserweight, where he had captured all the belts, in 2019 and it took him just six fights to emulate that success in boxing’s blue ribbon division.
The Ukrainian beat Anthony Joshua twice to win and retain the WBA, IBF and WBO titles and then took out ‘The Gypsy King’ to win the WBC strap and complete the collection.
Fury and Usyk are tied to another fight due to a contractual rematch clause which Fury has already confirmed he’ll be exercising, but the 36 year-old now has another offer to add to make even more history.
Speaking to iFL TV, Okolie has he wants his first title defence to be against Usyk
“If Usyk decides to wants to be a three-weight world champion then there is an opportunity for that.
I fancy that fight. I feel like everyone else in Britain has had their shot, I want to test it. It might sound crazy but I look at him, and he’s sensational and very very talented, but I have attributes that he hasn’t boxed against for a long time, including my speed. I’d love that, if he feels like a legacy fight, if he feels like being three-weight world champion then let’s do it.”
The WBC Bridgerweight class sits between cruiserweight and heavyweight and allows fighters to come in up to 224lbs. This is one pound more than Usyk weighed for the Fury bout, leading many fans and pundits to consider it largely unnecessary.
