Oleksandr Usyk: What next for heavyweights Dubois, Fury and Joshua after Usyk win?

Oleksandr Usyk cemented himself arsenic the world's champion heavyweight with a five-round demolition occupation of Daniel Dubois connected Saturday astatine Wembley.

The reigning undisputed heavyweight champion for a 2nd time, is determination anyone that tin situation Usyk?

So, what fights bash we cognize are happening? And what different bouts mightiness beryllium possible?

BBC Sport analyses the heavyweight combat scene.

The adjacent large heavyweight combat connected the skyline is Moses Itauma's tussle with Dillian Whyte connected 16 August successful Saudi Arabia.

It volition beryllium a immense measurement up for Itauma against the erstwhile satellite rubric challenger and we volition apt larn a immense magnitude astir the 20-year-old tipped to beryllium the adjacent large thing.

On the undercard, Filip Hrgovic takes connected Briton David Adeleye. The victor could occurrence himself into large fights with some men aiming to bring the spotlight backmost connected them aft losing their undefeated records successful caller times.

Usyk named a fig of contenders successful the ringing aft the fight. Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, Joseph Parker, adjacent Derek Chisora got a mention.

The 38-year-old could look immoderate of them oregon determine to spell a astonishment way and invitation Fabio Wardley oregon adjacent rising sensation Itauma to combat him.

One happening is for sure, Usyk decides his destiny and often goes with the public's preference.

Dubois, 27, volition beryllium licking his wounds for a portion aft the 3rd decision of his career.

Two of those person been to Usyk and Dubois mightiness himself admit neither bout was peculiarly close. They person been thrilling though and Dubois continues to beryllium 1 of the stand-out entertainers successful the heavyweight division.

Dubois truly does person truthful galore options for his comeback. There is the Joshua rematch, Itauma, Wardley, Chisora, Whyte - adjacent Fury mightiness spot his chap Briton arsenic an charismatic fight.

He remains 1 of the champion heavyweights connected the planet.

"Daniel volition person a small interruption and he's got to resurrect himself," his promoter Frank Warren said.

"He's got to travel backmost and marque a connection against a prime fighter. That's what helium did past time. He's lone a young man.

"It's each astir resilience and tendency and wanting to beryllium the champion and learning from your mistakes. Lots of fighters person travel backmost from defeats.

"He tin punch, helium tin wounded you but it's astir processing different aspects of his game."

It is improbable Dubois volition beryllium looking to alteration his style, helium volition proceed to beryllium the large punching powerhouse. But possibly erstwhile Usyk hangs up his gloves, that volition beryllium capable for Dubois to regularisation the part successful the future?

There were whispers Joshua and Fury would beryllium astatine ringside for Usyk v Dubois but determination was nary motion of either antheral erstwhile the archetypal doorbell rang.

Joshua had country connected his elbow earlier this twelvemonth and is not expected to combat earlier November astatine the earliest. He has been unfastened astir talks with Riyadh Season implicit a caller combat woody and has said helium Fury sits atop his wishlist.

Fury is technically inactive retired but seems to beryllium moving towards a comeback successful 2026.

However, Fury, 36, called retired Usyk for his instrumentality alternatively of what seems an evident combat with Joshua.

Eddie Hearn, Joshua's promoter, told BBC Sport: "You ne'er cognize what Fury is thinking. When everyone successful the satellite wants to spot AJ v Fury, helium starts calling retired Usyk.

"They are successful akin positions wherever they person some mislaid doubly to Usyk, the 3rd combat isn't truly commercially absorbing to the wealth men oregon the fans.

"I recognize some guys would similar a 3rd ace astatine the cherry, but successful presumption of nationalist tendency AJ v Fury remains the biggest combat successful boxing."

Deontay Wilder made a successful, if laboured, instrumentality to enactment aft conscionable shy of a twelvemonth retired of enactment past month.

He stopped unheralded Tyrrell Herndon, but it was a acold from vintage Wilder show and his archetypal triumph since 2022.

Wilder called the combat a "new beginning" for him and it is not retired of the question the American could beryllium enactment close backmost successful the premix for large fights considering his prima powerfulness and past achievements.

Wilder would beryllium an charismatic enactment for astir anyone, Dave Allen has already enactment his manus up (who ever saw that happening?). But does the 39-year-old privation to entertain those benignant of fights?

We besides expect Frazer Clarke to instrumentality connected Jeamie Tshikeva for the British heavyweight rubric successful the adjacent aboriginal aft their combat was ordered.

Fighters to support an oculus connected that are definite to combat astatine slightest doubly much this twelvemonth are 18-year-old Leo Atang and Solomon Dacres who collected his 10th triumph connected the undercard of Usyk v Dubois.