Usyk final fought in July when he stopped Londoner Daniel Dubois in spherical 5 to change into two-time undisputed heavyweight champion.

However in November, the 38-year-old determined to relinquish his WBO title, elevating Britain’s Fabio Wardley to heavyweight champion.

On the time, Usyk knowledgeable the WBO he wouldn’t be continuing with a compulsory title defence towards Wardley.

Usyk stays the WBA, IBF and WBC heavyweight champion.

The WBC additionally confirmed {that a} potential combat between British boxers Lawrence Okolie and Moses Itauma would decide the subsequent necessary challenger for the WBC belt.

Each fighters have already got bouts scheduled, with Itauma combating Jermaine Franklin on 24 January in Manchester and Okolie boxing in Nigeria later this month towards a yet-to-be introduced opponent.

A number of different Britons may additionally put themselves into world title rivalry subsequent 12 months, with a possible bout between Joshua Buatsi and Ben Whittaker anticipated to find out the subsequent necessary challenger at gentle heavyweight.

Britain’s Conor Benn was additionally named the primary challenger for Mario Barrios’ WBC welterweight world title.

The WBC has stripped Terrence Crawford of his super-middleweight belt, saying the American hasn’t paid his previous two sanctioning charges and calling it a “slap within the face”.

Crawford stays the WBA ‘Tremendous’, WBO and IBF super-middleweight champion.