Olexandra usik Currently considering the move of his next career because he receives from back injury.
Ukrainian Great became the second time undisputed heavyweight champion in July when he knocked out Daniel Dubois In the Wambley, and they first placed all the belts in the cruiserweight.
He could return to the ring to protect his title in 2026, but another option would be that he would have to walk away from the game that he dominates for more than a decade.
Former heavyweight king Lenox Lewis Thinks that it can be a smart step and urged usyk to retire, while he is still ‘on top’, just as he did 20 years ago.
Choosing the right time to hang gloves is a difficult task for any fighter, but has managed to get a call spot for a few years.
Let’s look at six boxers who called time on their career at the right time, as UCIC saw their future.
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Lenox Lewis
It is perfect to start with the final undisputed heavyweight champion before usyk only.
Lewis climbed the top of the mountain when he defeated Evander Holiday in his rematch in November 1999, eight months after ending in a controversial draw.
Britain’s career was not always plain as he suffered a shock knockout defeat by Oliver McCal and Hasim Rahman on the way.
But he avenged both losses and proved that he was the best heavyweight of his era by separating the choice of Holidayfield and Mike Tyson.
There was a title defense against his final battle Vitali clitsko In June 2003, and Lewis had a very difficult night before hitting his opponent to stop the cut after six rounds.
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Lewis’s performance against Clitsco indicated that his best days were behind him and he declared his retirement the following year.
He was 38 when he left – the same age is usyk now.
Vitali clitsko
Talking about Witley Clitsko, let’s go ahead of it.
The elder Clitsko Bhai won his first world title, when he defeated UK’s Herb in 1999 in London.
He lost his title the following year when he suffered a shoulder injury against Chris Bird, and then he decreased in his challenge for Lewis’s belt.
Two quarrels later, Clitsko defeated Corey Sanders and again joined the championship gold, but later took a four -year break from the ring as injuries continued to hold him back.
He went back directly to the battle of a title directly against Shamuel Peter in 2008 to become champions three times at the age of 37.
He successfully defended his WBC belt nine times before retiring as a world champion after a knockout win over manual Char in September 2012.
Rocky marsiano
We can go to a third heavyweight great to create this list, Rocky Marsiano.
Marsiano had to wait until his 43rd battle until he finally got a world title shot and he was pushed by Jersey Joe Walcott before he gave him a thunderous knockout jerk in the 13th round.
Remach was far more straight for Marsiano as he had taken Valacott within a round.
He will proceed to five more to defend his belt, claiming a back-to-back win over Azarded Charles and then stopped Archie Moore to proceed 49–0.
The temptation to take another battle and finish with 50 wins in his name must have been big for Marsiano, but he remained firm on his decision to retire after beating Moore.
He never tasted the defeat by covering the distance on just six occasions.
Floid Mayweather
From one perfect record to another.
While Marsiano dominated the heavyweight division in the first half of the 1950s, Floid Mayweather In his 20 -year professional career, he raised the title in five weight classes.
He was involved in some huge quarrels, to establish Manny Pacquoos, Oscar D La Hoya and Ricky Honan as the best fighter of his generation.
Mayweather defended his welterweight title when he defeated Andre Barto in 2015.
This attracted her at the level with Marsiano at 49–0, and this time she returned to the ring to go for the 50th win.
Mayweather took MMA star Connor McGregor in August 2017 and stopped Irishman in the 10th round of his crossover bout.
He earned one of the biggest payments of his career, reducing the victory and has not fought professionally since then.
Mayweather is going to face Mike Tyson at an exhibition battle next year and has made a comeback, but for now he retired with no fault when he resumed.
Joe Calzage
Back to Britain’s best, Wales Fighting Pride – Joe Calzage,
Calzaghe won his first title by outpoint Chris Eubank in 1997, but then ended the disappointment of almost a decade as integration quarrels removed him and injuries caused a period of inaction.
In March 2006, Calzaghe finally proved his greatness as he separated more than 12 rounds of champions Jeff Lacey in a one -sided beating.
He won another integration struggle against Mikel Caller the following year, and then was the time to move to light heavyweight.
With a clock tick on his career, Calzage chased the biggest names, as he took Bernard Hopkins in Las Vegas.
Welshman got through a divided decision on Hopkins before choosing Roy Jones Junior as his last rival.
The battle took place at the prestigious Madison Square Garden and Calzage gave a performance fitting of the site to claim a decision.
There is nothing left to achieve, retired from Calzaghe Boxing As a two-world world champion with a record of 46–0.
Andre ward
Andre ward Before turning to professional ranks, Athens hit gold at the 2004 Olympics and moved up 20–0.
As a professional, his initial progress went under the radar, but when he defeated Mikkel Cassalor to win his first Super Middleweight title as part of the Super Six World Boxing Classic Series, he reached the world stage.
The ward defeated Elon Green, Arthur Abraham and Carl Froch to win the tournament as they cement themselves as a man in 168Lbs.
The American struggled for activity at the later stages of his career, but in November 2016 moved to light heavyweight, to challenge the Big-Panching Unified Champion, Sergei Kovalv.
In the second round, the ward was knocked, yet he showed his patience as he ralled to win a razor-split decision on the scorecard.
Remach was determined for the following summer, and the ward made the necessary adjustments to prevent Kovalv in the eighth round.
The end was controversial, Kolvav claimed that the ward’s body shots landed under the belt, but their protests fell on the deaf ears.
Similarly, similar to Calzage, the ward proved himself on 168 and 175LBS, and he opted to retire with a record of 32–0.
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