Usyk's team will ask IBF to keep the championship belt for him

Oleksandr Usyk, the promoter of absolute world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, said that their team will ask the IBF to keep Alexander's championship belt as an exception.

"Of course, we will ask the IBF for such an exception," - said Usyk's promoter - Oleksandr Usyk - Alexander Krasiuk in an interview with World Boxing News.

Earlier there was information that already on June 1, the organization can take away the championship belt from Usyk. However, later it became known that "Usyk's team may ask IBF to leave him the title of the organization's champion as an exception to the rules".