Oleksandr Usyk open to Canelo Alvarez fight at cruiserweight, but on condition he can keep heavyweight titles to still fight Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte winner

Oleksandr Usyk has welcomed a potential fight with pound-for-pound king Canelo Alvarez at cruiserweight - as long as he can retain his heavyweight world titles.

The Mexican was last year crowned the undisputed super-middleweight champion by beating Callum Smith, Billy Joe Saunders and Caleb Plant to collect all four belts within a span of 11 months.

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In a shock move, Canelo has since teased a potential future to move up to cruiserweight to face Ilunga Makabu.

WBC champion Makabu holds one of the four belts Usyk used to own in the division.

Between 2016 and 2018, the Ukrainian cleaned out the weight class, beating every top champion at the time.

Even better, he did so in each of their own home countries.

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Now, Usyk is up at heavyweight and reigns as WBA, IBF and WBO champion having dethroned Anthony Joshua.

AJ has activated his contractual clause to force a rematch and that must happen next.

If he comes through again, Usyk has made it clear his goal is to have an undisputed fight the winner of Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte, which is live on talkSPORT on Saturday night.

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As such, when asked about a potential clash with Canelo, he insisted that he would only accept on one condition.

Usyk answered: "Canelo is a handsome man.

"If he wants to box with me at cruiserweight, then I can go down there.

"But on condition that I still have my heavyweight belts because I'll go back there later."

talkSPORT will bring you live coverage of the huge heavyweight world title fight between Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte at Wembley on Saturday night, with our coverage starting from 7.30pm and featuring expert ringside analysis from Ben Davison