In interviewing terms, it was a gift. The heavyweight champion of the world, talking about his final two fights before retirement, casually drops in that he's i

Oleksandr Usyk is interested in fighting one of the UFC's biggest stars. Usyk retained his WBC, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles when he defeated Tyson Fury by unanimous decision this past December in Saudi Arabia.

Oleksandr Usyk has nothing else to prove in the boxing world. Not only does he boast an Olympic gold medal, a perfect 23-0 professional record with 14 KOs, has

Oleksandr Usyk has said he intends to fight two more times before retiring from boxing, with his ideal first opponent being Daniel Dubois or Joseph Parker. Usyk became undisputed heavyweight champion – the first in 24 years – by beating Tyson Fury last May. Then, in December, he outpointed the Briton again to retain the unified belts.

If that is one of two final fights, who is to be his last dance partner? In an interview with TNT Sports Boxing, Usyk named UFC superstar Alex Pereira as a potential. “First is who wins next fight 22 February [Dubois vs Parker], but next, maybe show fight with Alex Pereira, maybe, why not. Alex wanna [do it?]”

Alex Pereira suggesting a potential fight with boxing heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk was scoffed at by fight fans last night.

Oleksandr Usyk has a plan for the final fights of his career and they just might involve Alex Pereira. The UFC light heavyweight champion recently said on the JAXXON podcast he is interested in a crossover boxing bout with Usyk.