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Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Усик, pronounced [olekˈsɑndr ˈusɪk]; born 17 January 1987) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He has held the unified [ a ] world heavyweight championship since 2021, and the Ring magazine title since 2022.
His father enrolled him in canoe sprinting lessons in order for him to lose weight. [ 7 ] [ 2 ] The Zhoukou region was a hotbed of watersports in the 1990s, with Olympic rower Mu Suli , born the same year as Zhang, growing up in a different part of Zhoukou during the 1990s.
Krassyuk noted that Usyk relished the prospect of squaring off against Joshua twice: "So I remember when we discussed with Oleksandr the issue of rematch, he was delighted and said 'Wow, cool, I will beat Antokha twice.'" [207] Regarding the venue of the rematch, Usyk made it known that he hoped it would take place in his native country of ...
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Evander Holyfield (born October 19, 1962) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1984 and 2011. He reigned as the undisputed champion [a] in the cruiserweight division in the late 1980s and at heavyweight in the early 1990s, and was the only boxer in history to win the undisputed championship in two weight classes in the "three-belt era", a feat later surpassed by ...
Oleksandr Usyk’s special brand of dominance is the type that can leave a vacuum. When you’ve beaten the most formidable competitors in your division, who can provide a compelling challenge ?
Usyk stated 2018 was the most difficult year of his career, but most successful. "We need to put goals in front of us and move towards them," Usyk later stated. [ 104 ] [ 105 ] There was a small concern during Bellew's post-fight interview as many felt he was clearly concussed. [ 106 ]
Usyk landed 179-of-423 (42%) punches thrown, while Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) landed just 144 of the 509 punches he threw, a 28% clip. Oleksandr Usyk successfully defends heavyweight belt with ...