Oleksandr Usyk vacates world titles and confirms one last fight

Oleksandr Usyk confirms he will be vacating his heavyweight world titles

The unified WBC, WBA, IBF, IBO and Ring Magazine heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has vacated his titles to allow the rest of the division to challenge for them, while he plans his last professional boxing fight of his career.

The Ukrainian stated, "Today is Friday, the weather is beautiful and it’s good day to say I want to vacate all the belts I currently hold," Usyk said on social media.

"I want to make them available so the guys who are next in line can fight for them. I’m leaving the belts, but I’m not leaving the sport, because I still have my last dance.

"I want to thank everyone. I have great respect for all the organisations. There’s more to come!”