Usyk's reign as undisputed champion may last only two weeks

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Usyk's reign as undisputed champion may last only two weeks
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Oleksandr Usyk's reign as undisputed heavyweight world champion may last only weeks if, as many expect, the International Boxing Federation (IBF) takes back its belt due to the Ukrainian's rematch clause with Tyson Fury.

Boxing - Tyson Fury v Oleksandr Usyk - Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - May 19, 2024 Oleksandr Usyk celebrates with the belts after winning the fight to become the undisputed heavyweight world champion Action Images via Reuters/Andrew CouldridgeOleksandr Usyk's reign as undisputed heavyweight world champion may last only weeks if, as many expect, the International Boxing Federation takes back its belt due to the Ukrainian's rematch clause with Tyson Fury.

The IBF stripped Fury in December 2015, 10 days after the Briton took that title along with the WBA, WBO and IBO belts from Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko. The fight in the early hours of Sunday morning unified the major heavyweight titles for the first time since Lennox Lewis last held them in 2000.

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