Oleksandr Usyk may be the reigning WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO heavyweight world champion but to many, the Ukrainian is the underdog going into Saturday's long-awaited unifying title fight with Tyson Fury in Riyadh.
Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk reacts during a press conference, in London, on November 16, 2023, ahead of his undisputed heavyweight world championship contest against Britain's Tyson Fury.RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Oleksandr Usyk may be the reigning WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO heavyweight world champion but to many, the Ukrainian is the underdog going into Saturday's long-awaited unifying title fight with Tyson Fury in Riyadh.
And apart from those three heavyweight belts he can also look back on a career that brought him an Olympic gold in London in 2012 and the undisputed cruiserweight championship of the world. Born in the Crimean town of Simferopol, he was accused by many Ukrainians of sitting on the fence over Russia's annexation of the peninsular in 2014 and castigated for saying that Russians and Ukrainians were the same people.
"The guys from the armed forces convinced me that I need to prepare and fight to help my country on the international stage, talk about it and bring opportunities to Ukraine to restore my country," he told AFP.A victory over Fury, who has held the WBC title since 2020, would make Usyk the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the world since Lennox Lewis defeated Evander Holyfield in 1999."Heavyweight boxing has not had this kind of fight since 1999. I know the history.
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