{"id":321224,"date":"2026-04-19T14:54:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T09:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=321224"},"modified":"2026-04-19T14:54:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T09:24:53","slug":"usyk-says-fury-and-joshua-should-fight-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/19\/usyk-says-fury-and-joshua-should-fight-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Usyk Says Fury And Joshua Should Fight First"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div style=\"display:flex; justify-content:center; align-items:center; gap:12px; flex-wrap:wrap;\">\n<picture style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boxingnews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/google.png.webp\"><\/source><\/p>\n<\/picture>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqLAgKIiZDQklTRmdnTWFoSUtFR0p2ZUdsdVoyNWxkM015TkM1amIyMG9BQVAB?ceid=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;\n            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow Boxing News 24 on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boxingnews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/follow-google-news.png\"><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/div>\n<p>That has not modified Usyk\u2019s view. He made clear that if Fury and Joshua agree on terms, he&#8217;s willing to maneuver aside and let the long-delayed British heavyweight fight occur first.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMy plan has not modified. I even have three fights. But now I understand Tyson has not signed with AJ,\u201d Usyk said to Each day Mail Boxing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf AJ and Greedy sign contract, I just stay back. Okay, you might be fighting one another as an alternative, because I need to assist AJ beat Tyson Fury.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>By telling the world he&#8217;s willing to attend, Usyk is largely saying Fury isn\u2019t a threat he\u2019s frightened about. He has already beaten him twice, so he\u2019s acting from a position of total superiority. It\u2019s hard for Fury to assert Usyk is \u201crunning\u201d when Usyk is the one with the wins.<\/p>\n<p>Usyk knows the boxing world has been waiting for Fury vs. Joshua for nearly a decade. By stepping aside, he comes across because the \u201cpeople\u2019s champion\u201d who cares more concerning the fans than a payday.<\/p>\n<p>If AJ actually beats Fury, a trilogy between Usyk and Joshua for the undisputed crown can be one in every of the largest financial events in sports history.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua is reportedly a part of a two-fight plan that would place him in line to fulfill Fury later this 12 months if either side win their next bouts.<\/p>\n<p>Usyk, meanwhile, is about to defend his heavyweight titles against Rico Verhoeven on the Pyramids of Giza on May 23. Victory there would keep him on the front of each major heavyweight discussion, whether Fury chooses Joshua, a trilogy, or one other route entirely.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sabox-authors\">\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-wrap\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"author\">\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-tab saboxplugin-tab-about\">\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-desc\">\n<div itemprop=\"description\">\n<p>Robert Segal is a boxing journalist at Boxing News 24 with greater than a decade of experience covering fight news, previews, and evaluation. Known for his straightforward reporting and ringside perspective, he delivers authoritative coverage of champions, contenders, and emerging talent worldwide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That has not modified Usyk\u2019s view. He made clear that if Fury and Joshua agree on terms, he&#8217;s willing to maneuver aside and let the long-delayed British heavyweight fight occur first. \u201cMy plan has not modified. I even have three fights. But now I understand Tyson has not signed with AJ,\u201d Usyk said to Each [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":321225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[1253,8082,1094,8808],"class_list":["post-321224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-fight","tag-fury","tag-joshua","tag-usyk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321224"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321227,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321224\/revisions\/321227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}