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With talks between unified Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk () and WBC champion Tyson Fury () seeming to have fallen apart, former WBC champion Deontay Wilder () has expressed interest in stepping in to face Usyk.

While the prospect for such a matchup certainly wets the appetite of many fight fans, the politics of the sport’s multiple sanctioning bodies seems to be a hurdle. The WBA has most recently mandated that Usyk would be required to face their regular champion, Daniel Dubois to consolidate their body’s two titles. Following that, the IBF have established Filip Hrgovic () as their mandatory challenger, with the WBO mandating the winner of the upcoming Joe Joyce/Zhilei Zhang as the next challenger for their title.

For his part, Deontay Wilder has been left without an opponent after no agreement could be made with former unified champion, Andy Ruiz, for a WBC final eliminator.

On Saturday, Tim Tszyu () put on a dominant performance before his home Australian crowd, stopping former WBC Super Welterweight champion, Tony Harrison (), in the 9th round. Tszyu now looks towards a meeting against undisputed champion Jermell Charlo (), who suffered a decision loss to Harrison in December 2018, but avenged via knockout in December 2019.

Gennady Golovkin () has vacated the Super WBA Middleweight title 4 days prior to a purse bid, for a fight against WBA regular title holder Erislandy Lara (), mandated by the governing body. The relinquishing of the title comes one month after he also relinquished the IBF title.

In response, Erislandy Lara has now been elevated to the WBAs sole champion. The two titles “super” and “regular” champion have now been removed from the middleweight division, in fulfillment of the WBA’s effort to reduce their number of titles in the sport.

On Saturday, Mauricio Lara () lifted the WBA World Featherweight title from Nottingham’s Leigh Wood (). While Wood boxed well and was ahead on each of the judges scorecards going into the seventh, Lara landed a left hook that promptly sent Wood crashing into the canvas. While Wood was able to rise to his feet and beat the referee’s count, trainer Ben Davison () made the call to not allow his charge to continue, throwing in the towel to spare his fighter from further punishment.

After going to war for 10 rounds, Amanda Serrano () emerged victorious against Erika Cruz (). With the win, Serrano has attained her first undisputed crown after having won world titles in seven divisions.