Frank Warren put a trilogy with Fury back into the conversation on Tuesday, suggesting the heavyweight money and the pull of unfinished business could keep Usyk above 200 pounds a while longer.
Asked by Sky Sports whether the Ukrainian could be tempted to shelve his cruiserweight comeback, the Queensberry promoter’s reply was short.
“I would have thought so,” Warren told Sky Sports.
He laid out a menu of heavyweight options he sees around Usyk: Filip Hrgovic, Moses Itauma if he continues his rise, and above all Fury, assuming Fury gets through his December date with Anthony Joshua.
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Warren also sounded a note of caution about Usyk’s plan to shed the heavyweight pounds he has carried for seven years.
“I like Alex, I think he’s been a great champion at heavyweight and to go back down again, it’s going to be interesting,” he told Sky Sports.
Usyk’s cruiserweight pivot
The trilogy talk arrives as Usyk’s camp has moved in the opposite direction. Advisor Serhii Lapin told The Ring that the 39-year-old plans to return to cruiserweight for his next fight and chase a unification with David Benavidez.
Usyk vacated his IBF, WBA and WBC heavyweight titles in June and still holds The Ring’s heavyweight crown. His most recent fight was an 11th-round stoppage of Rico Verhoeven in May at the Pyramids of Giza.
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He has not weighed in at cruiserweight (200 pounds) since November 2018, when he knocked out Tony Bellew in the eighth round. Warren’s view is that the cut will be a problem on its own.
“I’m very surprised about that. It’s very difficult as well to lose weight as you get older,” Warren told Sky Sports.
Fury has to get past Joshua first
None of it matters without Fury coming through December 11, when he meets Anthony Joshua at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium for the vacant WBA ‘super’ heavyweight title Usyk gave up. The all-British bout, confirmed by Sky Sports in September, will stream globally on Netflix.
Fury returned to action in 2026 after retiring in the wake of the Usyk rematch, beating Aslanbek Makhmudov in April and Mariusz Wach in July.
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The series Fury wants to rewrite
Usyk settled the pair’s rivalry on paper two years ago. He took a split decision on May 18, 2024 (115-112, 114-113, 113-114) to become the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis in 1999, then won the December 21 rematch 116-112 on all three cards. Both fights were staged at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.
Warren has never accepted the second scorecard, and his pitch now is that Fury has a route back: beat Joshua in Cardiff, then dangle a trilogy big enough to pull Usyk off his path to Benavidez.
Fury-Joshua ringwalks are set for the early hours of local time on Saturday, December 12.
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