BEIRUT: Heavyweight boxing is entering a new era after Oleksandr Usyk’s decided to stand down as unified champion and sent his belts to different parts of the world. That’s given a bunch of globally unheralded fighters the chance to emerge from the shadows in the sport’s glamor division. Usyk recently vacated his WBA, IBF and WBC heavyweight world titles “ahead of stepping into the ring for my final fight” — without saying who that “last dance,” as he put it, would be against.

Oleksandr Usyk's next opponent has been leaked by Eddie Hearn just hours after the former two-time undisputed champion vacated his WBA, WBC and IBF titles. Thi

Usyk vacated the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles over the weekend, insisting he will fight one more time