World heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has namechecked Deontay Wilder as the man he wants to face next but the Bronze Bomber still packs a punch despite losing four of his last six fights

Every great champion has fought a lesser god. Muhammad Ali, the Greatest no less, stopped off in England to fight Brian London, who had lost 13 times, in his marvellous youth, and a decade later graced a German ring against Richard Dunn.

Neither were world beaters. Deontay Wilder is past his best but still a more dangerous opponent for Oleksandr Usyk, who has identified the Bronze Bomber as the man he wants next, than London and Dunn were for Ali.

Usyk has beaten Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois twice and deserves a discretionary defence no matter how diminished Wilder might be. He still

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