Usyk has triple choice of trilogies, taunts 'Greedy Belly' Fury

LONDON, May 11 : Heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk appears to be up for a trilogy fight but Tyson Fury is ahead of new WBO belt-holder Daniel Dubois in the queue of contenders.

The undefeated Ukrainian who holds the WBA, WBC and IBF boxing titles has beaten Dubois and British former champions Fury and Anthony Joshua twice each over the last five years and is short of viable opponents.

The 39-year-old takes on Dutch former kickboxer Rico Verhoeven in Egypt on May 23 and is at a point in his career where he can do as he pleases rather than what other people might want.

Beating Dubois, who dealt Fabio Wardley a bloody pounding to take the WBO belt at the weekend, would unify the division again but Usyk appears to have eyes for "Gypsy King" Fury ahead of the other familiar faces.

"Hi brother, I am ready. Every time. I am ready. Las Vegas, New York, Saudi Arabia - anything. Come on. Greedy Belly is my friend," he said in a video clip reposted after the Dubois fight by Saudi money man and Ring Magazine owner Turki Alalshikh.

The reference was clearly to Fury, who had challenged him earlier, and the 37-year-old responded in kind to an old foe he refers to as "rabbit".

'A FEAST OF RABBIT PIE'

"Greedy Belly is coming for a feast of rabbit pie," Fury said. "First I will start with the chinless bum, dosser, Anthony Joshua, and I will knock him out. Then I am coming back for a rabbit pie.

"There is only me, there is nobody else. I am the cash cow. You want big paydays, it ain't an Anthony Joshua. It ain't Dubois."

Joshua, who lost an IBF title bout to Dubois in September 2024, has a fight scheduled for July 25 against former kickboxer Kristian Prenga in a tune-up bout before a long-awaited clash with Fury potentially in November.

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