Oleksandr Usyk
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| Real name | Олександр Усик | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Cat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rated at | Cruiserweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Ukrainian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
January 17, 1987 Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Southpaw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draws | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Oleksandr Oleksandrovich Usyk (Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр Олекса́ндрович У́сик) is a Ukrainian professional boxer who won the 2008 European Amateur Boxing Championships at light-heavyweight, the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships at heavyweight and the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics in the heavyweight division. A southpaw, Usyk has a professional record of 9-0 and boasts a 100% knockout ratio.
Amateur career
At the 2006 European Championships he won his first three matches against little-known opponents, in the semi-final he was outclassed by Russian star Matvey Korobov.
He then moved up to light-heavyweight later and won the Strandja Cup in 2008.
In February 2008, he moved up another weightclass and was sent to the Olympic qualifier in Roseto degli Abruzzi replacing European Champion Denys Poyatsyka. There he defeated world class Azeri Elchin Alizade and Daniel Price.[1]
At Beijing he easily beat world class local Yushan Nijiati (23:4) but ran into world champion Clemente Russo and lost (4:7).
He dropped down to light-heavy and captured the European Championships 2008 but later went up again.
At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he beat Artur Beterbiyev and Teymur Mammadov to win the Heavyweight title and qualify for the Olympics.
At the 2012 Olympic Games (results) in London, Usyk won the gold medal, beating Artur Beterbiyev, Tervel Pulev and Italy's Clemente Russo, outscoring him by 6-3 in Round 3.[2]
Professional career
Usyk turned pro in late 2013 and signed a promotional deal with the Klitschko brothers' K2 Promotions. Usyk will fight in the Cruiserweight division.[3] On November 9, 2013, Usyk made his professional debut by defeating Mexican fighter Felipe Romero via a fifth round knockout. Usyk won his first belt in Lviv on October 4, 2014. He beat Daniel Bruwer for the Inter-Continental WBO Cruiserweight Title.[4]
Professional boxing record
| 9 Wins (9 knockouts), 0 Losses, 0 Draws[5] | ||||||||
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Type | Rd., Time | Date | Location | Notes | |
| Win | 9–0 |  Pedro Rodriguez |
TKO | 7 (12) | 2015-12-12 |  Sport Palace, Kiev |
Retained WBO Inter-Continental Cruiserweight title. | |
| Win | 8–0 |  Johnny Muller |
TKO | 3 (12) | 2015-08-29 | Sport Palace, Kiev |
Retained WBO Inter-Continental Cruiserweight title. | |
| Win | 7–0 |  Andrey Knyazev |
TKO | 8 (10) | 2015-04-18 | Sport Palace, Kiev |
Retained WBO Inter-Continental Cruiserweight title. | |
| Win | 6–0 | Danie Venter |
TKO | 9 (10), 2:29 | 2014-12-13 | Sport Palace, Kiev |
Retained WBO Inter-Continental Cruiserweight title. | |
| Win | 5–0 | Daniel Bruwer |
TKO | 7 (12) | 2014-10-04 | Arena Lviv, Lviv |
Won interim WBO Inter-Continental Cruiserweight title. | |
| Win | 4–0 |  Cesar David Crenz |
KO | 4 (8), 2:19 | 2014-05-31 | Sport Palace, Odessa |
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| Win | 3–0 |  Ben Nsafoah |
KO | 3 (8), 1:43 | 2014-04-26 | König Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
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| Win | 2–0 |  Epifanio Mendoza |
TKO | 4 (6), 2:10 | 2013-12-07 | TEC Terminal Ice Arena, Brovary |
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| Win | 1–0 |  Felipe Romero |
TKO | 5 (6), 1:36 | 2013-09-11 | Sport Palace, Kiev |
Professional debut. | |
Personal life
Usyk is married to Katerina and the couple have 3 children (born in 2009, 2013 and 2015).[6]
Roughly one month after the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation Usyk declared (on 28 April 2014) he would never exchange his Ukrainian citizenship for a Russian one and that he considered Crimea a part of Ukraine.[7]
References
- ↑ "Medallists by weight category" (PDF). AIBA. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
- ↑ "Gold gives Ukrainian heavyweight a reason to dance". Washington Post. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
- ↑ Ivan Ivanov (September 25, 2013). "Oleksandr Usyk, an Olympic gold medalist, will make a pro debut on Nov.9". Eastside Boxing.
- ↑ "Bracero defeats former WBA champ". http://www.supersport.com. November 10, 2013. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ Oleksandr Usyk – Boxer. Boxrec.com.
- ↑ (Ukrainian) Oleksandr's wife Katerina gave birth to a son, Televiziyna Sluzhba Novyn (8 February 2013)
- ↑ (Ukrainian) Usyk: "I am Ukrainian, and Crimea is Ukrainian", Ukrayinska Pravda Champion (28 April 2014)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oleksandr Usyk. |
- Official Website
- Professional boxing record for Oleksandr Usyk from BoxRec
- 2006 European Championships Results
- Olympic qualifier
- AIBA results for Olympic qualification.
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