{"id":26488,"date":"2026-08-04T20:15:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T17:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=26488"},"modified":"2026-08-04T20:15:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T17:15:40","slug":"usyk-wilder-farewell-fight-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/show-biz\/usyk-wilder-farewell-fight-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Usyk and Wilder have resumed talks about a farewell fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news-lead\">Oleksandr Usyk may fight his final heavyweight bout against Deontay Wilder: the parties have resumed negotiations, according to All Out Fighting. The Ukrainian champion, who has announced his intention to relinquish his heavyweight titles, wants to organise a high-profile farewell bout. The American\u2019s manager said that a fight against Usyk would be an honour for Wilder.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\">\n<p><strong>Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The parties have resumed talks regarding the Usyk v Wilder fight.<\/li>\n<li>Usyk has relinquished his heavyweight titles.<\/li>\n<li>The contract, date and venue of the potential bout have not been announced.<\/li>\n<li>Wilder has 43 knockouts out of 45 wins.<\/li>\n<li>The Ring had mentioned the US as a possible venue for the big show.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>What is the current status of the negotiations?<\/h2>\n<p>Usyk sees the fight as a grand finale to his career in the heavyweight division. <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/show-biz\/usik-vidmovytsia-vid-poyasiv\/\">A move away from belts<\/a> It relieves him of the obligation to defend his title and gives the team more scope to organise an event-driven fight.<\/p>\n<p>The parties have not announced the signing of the contract. On 6 July, The Ring reported that the teams were at an advanced stage of negotiations, and that the US could be the venue for the boxing event. The date, venue, format and weight conditions for the bout have not yet been announced.<\/p>\n<h2>Why is Wilder a threat to Usyk?<\/h2>\n<p>Usyk describes the 40-year-old American as one of the most dangerous boxers in the division, despite Wilder\u2019s results in his most recent fights. The former WBC champion has 45 wins, 43 of which were by knockout, so he is capable of turning the fight on its head with a single well-placed punch.<\/p>\n<p>A potential bout could be the last of both boxers\u2019 careers. Its status has not yet been confirmed, but even if it were to take the form of an exhibition match, the sporting intrigue would remain undiminished due to Wilder\u2019s knockout potential.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Usyk and Wilder\u2019s teams are once again discussing the fight. A major event in the US is a possibility, although the date, venue and status of the bout have not yet been confirmed.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":207433404,"featured_media":26487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"\u041a\u043e\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0438 \u0423\u0441\u0438\u043a\u0430 \u0442\u0430 \u0412\u0430\u0439\u043b\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0430 \u0437\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0443 \u043e\u0431\u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u044e\u044e\u0442\u044c \u0431\u0456\u0439. \u041c\u043e\u0436\u043b\u0438\u0432\u0435 \u0432\u0435\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0435 \u0448\u043e\u0443 \u0443 \u0421\u0428\u0410, \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0442\u0435 \u0434\u0430\u0442\u0430, \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0446\u0435 \u0456 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0441 \u043f\u043e\u0454\u0434\u0438\u043d\u043a\u0443 \u043d\u0435 \u0432\u0438\u0437\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0435\u043d\u0456.","rank_math_title":"\u0423\u0441\u0438\u043a \u0412\u0430\u0439\u043b\u0434\u0435\u0440: \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u043e \u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043d\u0456\u0439 \u0431\u0456\u0439 \u0443 \u0445\u0435\u0432\u0456\u0432\u0435\u0439\u0442\u0456","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0412\u0430\u0439\u043b\u0434\u0435\u0440","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[806797],"tags":[806796],"class_list":["post-26488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-show-biz","tag-806796"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26489,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26488\/revisions\/26489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}