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we'll get to know more about Oleksandr Usyk, one of the best boxers in the world right now.
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk is a Ukrainian professional boxer, born on January 17,
1987 in Simferopol, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Nicknamed "The
Cat", he is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the unified WBA (Super), IBF,
WBO and IBO heavyweight titles since September 2021; and the undisputed cruiserweight title
from 2018 to 2019, being the first cruiserweight champion to hold all four major world titles.
Usyk is also one of only three boxers to have unified the cruiserweight world
titles and become a world heavyweight champion, as well as the second boxer,
after Evander Holyfield, to unify both cruiserweight and heavyweight titles.
Until age 15, Usyk played association football and was trained at the SC
Tavriya Simferopol specialized sports school of Olympic reserve. In 2002, he switched to boxing.
Usyk is a graduate of Lviv State University of Physical Culture.
Usyk’s been married to his wife, Kateryna, since 2009. They have 3 children together:
a daughter named Yelizaveta and 2 sons named Kyrylo and Mykhailo
Usyk. The family now live in Kyiv, Ukraine.
As an amateur, Usyk won gold medals at the 2011 World Championships and 2012 Olympics, both in
the heavyweight division. He turned professional in 2013 and won the undisputed cruiserweight
championship in his 15th professional fight in 2018. Three of his titles were won during the
inaugural World Boxing Super Series, in which he won the Muhammad Ali Trophy, as well as The Ring
magazine and lineal cruiserweight titles. For his achievements, Usyk was named the 2018 Fighter of
the Year by Sports Illustrated, ESPN, The Ring, and the Boxing Writers Association of America.
In 2018 Usyk became the fourth male boxer in history to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC,
IBF, and WBO titles, after Jermain Taylor, Bernard Hopkins and Terence Crawford. He was the first
Ukrainian undisputed champion. He is particularly notable for the speed of his accomplishments,
winning his first world title in his tenth fight, and becoming the undisputed champion of his weight
class by his fifteenth fight. Usyk vacated his cruiserweight titles in 2019 to move up to
heavyweight. He has just recently gained the IBO heavyweight titles for defeating Anthony Joshua in
September 2021 and become the first cruiserweight champion to hold all four major world titles
(unified WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight). With his victory over Joshua, Usyk
became one of only three boxers to have unified the cruiserweight world titles and become a world
heavyweight champion, joining Evander Holyfield and David Haye. In addition, Usyk also became
the second boxer, after Evander Holyfield, to unify both cruiserweight and heavyweight titles.
As of June 2021, Usyk is ranked as the world's fourth-best active boxer, pound for pound,
by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB) and The Ring, and eighth by ESPN as
well as the world's best active heavyweight by BoxRec and ESPN, and tenth by TBRB.
Oleksandr Usyk’s 2021 net worth stands at $6 million.
The Ukrainian was born on his idol Muhammad Ali’s birthday, but early life was tough. He had to work
from a young age, even taking up jobs like grazing cattle, collecting fruit, and selling ice creams.
Oleksandr Usyk is a fun-loving character outside the ring. The menacing southpaw
has a role in the Ukrainian version of The Stolen Princess. He did the voice for one
of the characters in the movie. He also loves to dance and regularly displays his fantastic moves.
The Ukrainian boxer claims he is more worried about his
six-year-old son Mykhailo’s first month at school than fighting Anthony Joshua.
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