Why Oleksandr Usyk could be the wild card to derail Anthony Joshua and the heavyweight superfights

Usyk has the perfect mix of elusiveness and precision to give the unified champion fits on Saturday night

Had the best-laid plans of boxing's heavyweight division come to fruition this summer, unified champion Anthony Joshua would have already faced lineal and WBC beltholder Tyson Fury to declare the first undisputed champion of the four-belt era.  

This is boxing, however, where nothing ever quite goes to plan. The good news, however, is that the consolation prize offered to fans over the next two weeks in the form of an unofficial four-man tournament to hopefully declare the undisputed best heavyweight of this era early next year appears to be in motion.  

On Saturday, Joshua (24-1, 22 KOs) will put his WBA, WBO and IBF titles on the line in a mandatory defense against former undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (18-0, 13 KOs) in a massive event at England's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (1 p.m. ET, DAZN). Two weeks later on Oct. 9, Las Vegas will be home for a trilogy fight pairing Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) against former WBC champion Deontay Wilder (42-1-1, 41 KOs).