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Fabio Wardley new WBO heavyweight champ as Oleksandr Usyk vacates title
- On Nov 17, 2025 the WBO announced Oleksandr Usyk has vacated the WBO heavyweight title after Team Usyk informed the sanctioning body, and Fabio Wardley will be elevated to full champion.
- Citing injury, Usyk was granted extra recovery time and Joseph Parker, interim WBO champion, fought Fabio Wardley, English heavyweight, to stay active.
- Usyk’s two-division success is reflected in the WBO’s tribute to his career as an undefeated, two-division WBO Undisputed World Champion with Super Champion status.
- The title change alters immediate mandatory and matchup prospects as Oleksandr Usyk vacates the WBO belt, indicating he may not face Fabio Wardley next despite Wardley’s recent call-out after beating Joseph Parker.
- A former undisputed cruiserweight, Oleksandr Usyk went on to secure historic heavyweight honors, and he has said he will fight in 2026 though his next move is unclear.
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Usyk vacates WBO heavyweight title as Wardley inherits belt
Briton stunned Joseph Parker in October
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- 42% of the sources lean Left, 42% of the sources lean Right
42% Right
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C 16%
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