Paris, France, June 26, 2026 (AFP) - Usyk says vacating heavyweight world title belts

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2026-06-26

Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk said on Friday he was vacating his three boxing world title belts but is not retiring. The 39-year-old Ukrainian, who is unbeaten in his professional career, said he wanted "to make them free so that the guys who are in line for them can box". Usyk's announcement came just a month after he came close to a shock upset defeat to Kick-boxer Rico Verhoeven. Usyk needed a highly-controversial 11th-round stoppage to......

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