Mike Tyson believes that one man fully deserves to be called the current face of boxing.

Tyson himself held the unique honor for many years, becoming the youngest heavyweight world champion in history before going on to rule the division as the biggest name in the sport.

While defeats may have come as his career progressed, perhaps no one attracted as much attention as Tyson, which proved to be the case even when he returned for a controversial fight with Jake Paul in November 2024.

While speaking to FightHypeTyson admitted he chose Terence Crawford as the face of boxing, but after “Bud’s” retirement last year, he believes Oleksandr Usyk deserves the recognition.

“The heavyweight champion is always the face of boxing. Usyk is the man, Uysk is the f***ing man. It’s biblical that his country is going through war and he is the heavyweight champion of the world. Isn’t it amazing that the heavyweight champion of the world and he is in crisis now?”

Tyson also shared his thoughts on how he thought the Usyk fight would go.

“It would look pretty good. I would like that fight.”

Usyk had the career he dreamed of, becoming the undisputed cruiserweight before moving up to the banner division and winning undisputed heavyweight honors twice after defeating Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois twice.

The Ukrainian returns to action in May, defending his WBC heavyweight title against kickboxer Rico Verhoeven at the Giza Pyramids in a fight that divided the boxing world.

Three-division world champion Mikaela Mayer has signed a contract with Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions.

Mayer (22-2, 5 KO) joins probably the widest group of women’s boxers in the sport just before the April debut of the organization’s MVPW gala. Mayer – 6th place in the ranking ESPN Women’s Pound List – is currently the WBA and WBC junior middleweight champion and still holds the WBO welterweight title.

“I am excited to join Most Valuable Promotions as we continue to break barriers and take women’s boxing to recent heights,” Mayer said in a statement. “I have always dreamed of the biggest and best fights, and the MVP main roster provides incredible opportunities to make those fights a reality. I can’t wait to showcase my skills on the biggest platforms in the sport and work with a passionate, novel team that believes in the continued advancement of women’s boxing.”

Mayer, 35, represented the United States at the 2016 Olympics and made her professional debut a year later. She started 17-0 and became the unified junior lightweight champion before suffering her first loss, a split decision in 2022 to Alycia Baumgardner. She lost another split decision to Natasha Jonas in a welterweight title fight in early 2024, but has been on a roll since then. Mayer defeated Sandy Ryan won the WBO welterweight title in September 2024 and successfully defended her title in a rematch in March 2025. Last October, Mayer moved up to junior middleweight and dominated Mary Spencer to win the WBA title and vacant WBC title.

“Mikaela is one of the most outstanding competitors in women’s boxing and a proven champion in multiple weight classes,” said Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian, co-founders of Most Valuable Promotions. “She has raced on the sport’s biggest stages, faced the best competitors in the world, and continues to push the sport forward. We are proud to welcome Mikaela as MVP and look forward to building the next chapter of her career together.”

Mayer has been linked to fights against IBF, WBA and WBC welterweight champion Lauren Price to crown the undisputed champion, as well as a potential blockbuster event against women’s welterweight champion Claressa Shields.

Shakur Stevenson welcomed the fight against former rival Gervonta Davis.

Stevenson is currently planning his next move defeating Teofimo Lopez at Madison Square Garden in January win the WBO super lightweight title.

Thanks to this victory, the American became world champion in four weight categories, although earlier in his career he also reigned in the featherweight, super featherweight and lightweight categories.

It is currently unknown whether Stevenson’s next fight will be at 135 or 140 pounds, but one potential fight could be against a man who has competed in both weight classes.

Lamont Roach is the fighter in question who rose to prominence last year after a controversial majority draw against Gervonta Davis, with many people believing he did enough to win that fight.

After all, Stevenson is one of them revealed on the Nightcap Show that in his opinion Roach should have defeated Davis, even without controversy in round nine, in which “Tank” voluntarily took a knee but there was no knockdown.

“Yes I know [think Roach beat him]. I thought he won the fight without a knee.

Stevenson also explained his desire to share the ring with Roach.

“I would love to fight Lamont Roach. Me and Lamont Roach, it’s an amazing fight. The best against the best.”

Roach’s last fight came in December, when he had another draw, this time with Isaac Cruz, and he was recently booked to fight William Zepeda for the vacant WBC lightweight title that was recently stripped from Stevenson.