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Heavyweight champion Usyk says vacating heavyweight world title belts
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- Usyk, who had held the WBA, WBC and IBF belts, has been the world undisputed cruiserweight and heavyweight champion.
- xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Usyk's announcement came just a month after he came close to a shock upset defeat to Kick-boxer Rico Verhoeven.
- The 39-year-old Ukrainian, who is unbeaten in his professional career, said on Friday that he wanted “to make them free so that the guys who are in line for them can box”.
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Usyk, who had held the WBA, WBC and IBF belts, has been the world undisputed cruiserweight and heavyweight champion.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Usyk's announcement came just a month after he came close to a shock upset defeat to Kick-boxer Rico Verhoeven. [Frank Augstein/ File/AP]By AFPPublished On 26 Jun 202626 Jun 2026Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk says he was vacating his three boxing world title belts but is not retiring.
The 39-year-old Ukrainian, who is unbeaten in his professional career, said on Friday that he wanted “to make them free so that the guys who are in line for them can box”.
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