Usyk has his sights set on Joshua and Fury after heavyweight clash with Chisora

Oleksandr Usyk hopes victory over Dereck Chisora will set him up for blockbuster fights with Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury, and catapult him towards a career in Hollywood.

The Ukrainian headlines this weekend’s show at Wembley Arena, knowing a win would ensure he remains mandatory challenger to Joshua’s WBO title. 

But conquering the heavyweight division is only the first item on the 33-year-old’s bucket list.

Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk takes on Dereck Chisora at Wembley Arena on Saturday

Then he wants to resume a fledgling acting career and take his place alongside the biggest names in film.

‘As long as I am motivated to get up at 5am to train and work hard, I will box,’ Usyk said.

‘The moment I feel I don’t want to get out of bed, I will start thinking about finishing my boxing career and starting on my Hollywood movie career.’ 

Usyk has made cameos in a few movies back in Ukraine and has even taken acting lessons. In 2017, ahead of his fight with Marco Huck in Germany, the 33-year-old was approached by Sylvester Stallone who wanted to cast him in the latest Rocky spin-off, Creed II.

The 33-year-old Ukrainian heavyweight also wants a career in Hollywood 

He turned that opportunity down but, should he continue his unbeaten career, Usyk can become a household name across the boxing world.

Eddie Hearn said: ‘Usyk is so fascinating, he is a star, made for movies. The social media numbers around him – even when he is just dancing – are mad.

‘People moan about Canelo (Alvarez), Gennady Golovkin and Vasiliy Lomachenko not selling fights, in the UK and America, because they don’t speak English. But here you have a guy who doesn’t even need to – it adds to his mystery.

‘He is a very deep thinker, Tony Bellew really liked him before their fight and Derek Chisora does too, that is so rare.’