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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.
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 ]
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.'" [206] Regarding the venue of the rematch, Usyk made it known that he hoped it would take place in his native country of ...
Oleksandr Usyk height: 6-foot-3 Tyson Fury's dad’s head-butt Tyson’s Fury’s father, John, bloodied himself when he headbutted a member of Usyk’s camp during a media event before the fight.
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 ...
The fella runs off, and people start coming out of the show – my dad, uncle, brothers, a doctor. ... and an undisputed title fight with Oleksandr Usyk. At last, however, the latter is set for ...
Usyk won the fight in the ninth when he hurt and nearly dropped Fury; the referee gave Fury a count because the ropes had kept him upright, and that extra point was the slender difference between ...
His father named him after Mike Tyson, who was the reigning undisputed heavyweight world champion, [13] ... IBF and WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk.