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Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Усик, pronounced [olekˈsɑndr ˈusɪk]; born 17 January 1987) is a Ukrainian professional boxer who is the World Boxing Association (WBA) (Super version), World Boxing Council (WBC), World Boxing Organization (WBO) and the Ring magazine heavyweight champion.
Along with Usyk's team, a few commentators, like TNT Sports' David Haye, [31] felt Usyk was robbed by the referee of a win by technical knockout in the ninth round. [32] Usyk's win made him the first new undisputed heavyweight champion in 24 years. Lennox Lewis held the title for five months after he defeated Evander Holyfield in November 1999 ...
Scoring a UD victory over Senad Gashi in April, and a second round KO over former world title challenger Artur Szpilka in July, a fight in which Usyk was in attendance. [5] [6] In the post-fight interview, after defeating David Price in October, Chisora's manager, David Haye, commented on a potential fight with Usyk next. [7]
Usyk, a 37-year-old Ukrainian, improved his record to 23-0. Fury, a 36-year-old Brit, dropped to 34-2-1, with his only professional losses coming to Usyk. Fury said afterwards he thought he won ...
The loss to Usyk was Fury's first in 16 years as a pro as his record changed to 34 wins, one defeat and one draw. Fury has held every title at heavyweight, albeit not at the same time.
What is Oleksandr Usyk's fight record? Oleksandr Usyk has a 21-0 record with 14 wins coming by way of knockout. Usyk is the No. 1 rated heavyweight and the No. 3 fighter pound-for-pound by Ring ...
He was also more precise of the two opponents, landing 28% of punches thrown compared to Joshua's 19.2%. Usyk's landed punches were the most by a Joshua opponent. Usyk closed the show by landing 29 punches in round 12, the most by a Joshua opponent. [10] After the fight, Usyk performed a Cossack dance in the ring to celebrate his victory. [11]
Usyk won the fight 116-112 on all three of the judges’ scorecards. - Andrew Couldridge/Action Images via Reuters “I was quite confident, I fought I won that fight again,” Fury told reporters ...