In interviewing terms, it was a gift. The heavyweight champion of the world, talking about his final two fights before retirement, casually drops in that he's i

Oleksandr Usyk has suggested that he might like to close out his boxing career with a crossover fight against current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Alex Pereira.

Between those results, the Ukrainian vacated the IBF title, meaning interim champion Dubois was elevated to official title holder. Dubois retained the belt by knocking out Anthony Joshua in September, and he defends the gold against Parker on 22 February.

If that is one of two final fights, who is to be his last dance partner? In an interview with TNT Sports Boxing, Usyk named UFC superstar Alex Pereira as a potential. “First is who wins next fight 22 February [Dubois vs Parker], but next, maybe show fight with Alex Pereira, maybe, why not. Alex wanna [do it?]”

Oleksandr Usyk has nothing else to prove in the boxing world. Not only does he boast an Olympic gold medal, a perfect 23-0 professional record with 14 KOs, has

Oleksandr Usyk is interested in fighting one of the UFC's biggest stars. Usyk retained his WBC, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles when he defeated Tyson Fury by unanimous decision this past December in Saudi Arabia.

UFC light-heavyweight champion Alex Pereira has confirmed he is open to boxing Oleksandr Usyk in a 'show fight' as the Ukrainian eyes two more bouts before retiring