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Donagh Corby

Deontay Wilder accuses rival Oleksandr Usyk of being "afraid" to fight him

Deontay Wilder has accused the undefeated unified world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk of being "afraid" to accept a bout with him for his three belts.

The hard-hitting former WBC title holder has only lost to one man in his career - twice being beaten by Tyson Fury - and believes that he will reclaim heavyweight gold. And while a fourth Fury fight is highly unlikely, he believes that he can get the rest of the belts which he never held by handing Usyk his first professional defeat.

The Ukrainian systematically picked off every cruiserweight champion around to become undisputed in his original division before moving up to heavyweight. And within a short few fights he had earned a mandatory title shot at Anthony Joshua, who he dethroned and defended his belts against before failing to make an undisputed fight with Fury this year.

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