Who will Oleksandr Usyk 🇺🇦 fight next?
Short answer
Most likely next opponent: Deontay Wilder🇺🇸 (60%, talks).
Confidence: Medium · Updated (UAE time)
Vacated his WBA, WBC and IBF belts on 26 Jun 2026 and says he has one fight left.
Forecast: likely next opponents NextSmash estimate
Each percentage is the estimated chance of being Oleksandr Usyk's next opponent. These are not chances of winning.
- 60%chance next opponentOleksandr Usyk beat Rico Verhoeven on 23 May 2026 (TKO, round 11). In 'advanced negotiations' for what Usyk calls a farewell fight.March 2027, United States (target)
Field / other: 40%. This covers everyone not listed above.
- Last fight
- Win vs Rico Verhoeven · TKO, round 11 · 23 May 2026
- Confidence
- Medium (High = officially booked · Medium = credible report, sanctioning-body order, talks or a boxer's own claim · Low = model only)
- Boxing factors
- Mandatory challengers, vacated belts, rematch clauses, Riyadh Season / The Ring events, promoter and network ties, and crossover fights
- Last updated
- (UAE time)
Rankings note: belts are labelled by the body that awards them (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO or The Ring). The order of boxers on these pages is a NextSmash list, not an official ranking.
Oleksandr Usyk: frequently asked questions
When is Oleksandr Usyk's next fight?
No fight is officially booked as of 2 Oct 2026. The leading option is Deontay Wilder (March 2027, United States (target)).
Who did Oleksandr Usyk fight last?
Oleksandr Usyk beat Rico Verhoeven on 23 May 2026 (TKO, round 11). Source: Wikipedia.
Who is Oleksandr Usyk likely to fight next?
NextSmash estimate of the next opponent: Deontay Wilder (60%), field / other 40%. These are chances of being the next opponent, not chances of winning. Updated 2 Oct 2026.
What is Oleksandr Usyk's record?
25–0 (wins–losses–draws, no-contests in brackets) after the fight on 23 May 2026, as listed on Wikipedia.
What titles does Oleksandr Usyk hold?
The Ring heavyweight. Each belt is named with the body that awards it.
Other heavyweight boxers
- Agit Kabayel🇩🇪 · WBC heavyweight · next: Nelson Hysa Booked
- Daniel Dubois🇬🇧 · WBO heavyweight · next: Fabio Wardley Booked
- Filip Hrgović🇭🇷 · IBF heavyweight · next: Frank Sánchez 60%
- Murat Gassiev🇷🇺 · WBA heavyweight · next: Derek Chisora 10%
- Anthony Joshua🇬🇧 · No world title listed · next: Tyson Fury Booked
- Fabio Wardley🇬🇧 · No world title listed · next: Daniel Dubois Booked
More: Heavyweight belts and next fights · All boxing
Sources
- Wikipedia: Oleksandr Usyk · record and last fight (revision 1377069535)
- The Ring: Usyk in 'advanced negotiations' for Wilder farewell fight
- The Ring: Usyk seeks Wilder fight in March somewhere in United States
- The Guardian: Usyk vacates heavyweight title belts but says he is not retiring · 26 Jun 2026
- Wikipedia: List of current world boxing champions (revision of 1 Oct 2026) · 1 Oct 2026
Percentages are NextSmash estimates from the reports and factors above, not facts and not betting advice. Records and last fights come from Wikipedia. We do not use BoxRec data. Anything we could not verify is left out.