GO DEEPER Wladimir Klitschko v Tyson Fury changed heavyweight historyMany will feel the nine years that have passed since then prove Haye right.
Fury and Usyk are 36 and 37 years old respectively — not ancient in heavyweight terms, but certainly closer to the end of their careers than the start.
Usyk and Daniel Dubois in the ring following his victory over Tyson Fury (Richard Pelham/Getty Images)In the moment, it felt like something of a comedown.
A glum Fury reacts to Usyk’s unanimous points win in Riyadh (Mark Robinson/Getty Images)Beyond Fury and Usyk, it’s hard to see who the next dominant heavyweight will be.
None of these names represent the kind of megafights to match Usyk v Fury or even Fury v Joshua, but maybe we have to accept that we are about to enter a less celebrated era in the heavyweight division.
Persons:
Oleksandr Usyk, Fury, Wladimir Klitschko, Klitschko, Brit, “, ”, David Haye, Tyson Fury, Haye, We’ve, Anthony Joshua’s, Andy Ruiz, Deontay Wilder, Joshua, Wilder, Usyk, Nick Potts, he’d, Britain’s Daniel Dubois, ’, Dubois, Joseph Parker, Filip Hrgovic, Parker, Zhang, Turki Alalshikh, Daniel Dubois ”, Daniel Dubois, Richard Pelham, it’s, what’s, Eddie Hearn, … it’s, Hearn, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao, Mark Robinson, Ruiz, Germany’s Agit Kabayel, Frank Sanchez, Martin Bakole, Jared Anderson, Bakhodir Jalolov, Moses Itauma, Australia’s Demsey McKean, Frank Warren
Organizations:
Fury, IBF, Saudi, Getty, iFL, WBC, Cuban, Sport
Locations:
Riyadh, Dusseldorf, outpoint, Ukrainian, Wilder, Dubois, British, American, Paris