🇺🇦 The International Boxing Federation (IBF) will strip Oleksandr Usyk of his heavyweight title as his belt defense against Filip Hrhovych has expired

Horvath is a must-win title contender, and he refuses to wait for Fury and Usyk to rematch (if it comes to that match it would be in October).

With that in mind, the IBF is taking away its belt and will award it to the winner of the Hrgovych-DuBois fight on June 1. The winner of this fight will face the ex-heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua.

If Usyk can defeat Fury in the rematch, then he will have to fight the new IBF champion to collect all four belts (WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO) and defend the title of the absolute champion in the heavyweight division.

@ukrainejournal