Why Oleksandr Usyk must now retire from boxing

Oleksandr Usyk reached the pinnacle of his career when he beat Daniel Dubois to remove the fifth Saturday night at the Wembley Stadium in England. Now that he is an indisputable champion in the heavy world, it is natural that Usyk would like to take some time to rest, spend some time with his family and think about what he wants to do later.

Once he has reflected on his boxing successes: World heavy weight champion, World Heavy Weight Champion, and unbeaten record in twenty-four fights, which encompasses a career of almost twelve years, Usyk we hope that he has come to the conclusion that he has achieved everything he can as a professional boxer and retire.

There are still fights for him to heavy weight. Joseph Parker has been appointed as a mandatory challenger for Usyk’s WBO title. In addition, rumors that trilogy struggles could be organized between Usyk, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. A second struggle with Dereck Chisora has even bothered, whom Usyk himself has stated that he was his most difficult rival to this weight.

Taking the trilogy fights first, there would be an argument to say that third fights with Fury and Joshua were justifiable, if Usyk had lost at least one of their struggles against them. This is not, however, the case. Usyk is 2-0 against these two fighters. In addition, there is no intense rivalry between him and Fury and Joshua in the same way between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, when they fought with each other for the third time. Their trilogy struggle was also justified, as Ali and Frazier had won a fight against others before their meeting by the World Heavy Weight Championship in Philippines on October 01, 1975.

As for the perspective that Usyk defended his world titles against Joseph Parker, there would probably not be the demand among fans of the fight for this party. For example, this competition would probably not be considered worthy enough for the transmission of payments per sight. As for a second struggle between Usyk and Dereck Chisora, there would be no hunger for people who see usyk fight against an opponent who is often seen as a traveler in heavyweight circles.

Therefore, Oleksandr Usyk should be seriously considered if it is worth continuing to fight. Although it wins some of these proposed fights, this is pale compared to its achievement of indisputability on July 19. Also, Usyk is now 38 years old. Can still succeed in boxing at this age. George Foreman returned to the heavy boxing after a period outside the game to beat Michael Moorer and becomes the World Heavy Weight WBA and IBF champion at the age of 45. The question is whether Usyk still has the hunger to fight. Can only answer this question.

The sport is full of talented athletes, including boxers, who have continued to compete as best as possible.

It is probably better to go to the maximum with an impeccable legacy. If Oleksandr Usyk retires now, it will be unbeaten as a World Heavy Box champion. Only Rocky Marciano has achieved this recognition. In addition, Oleksandr Usyk will be remembered as one of the greats of all the world’s heavy boxing. He has beat the best, and nothing can change that.