The legendary former American boxer said he was told by the world champion during the meeting.
Evander Holyfield shares his impressions of the meeting with Oleksandr Usyk. As the former world champion in two divisions said, he first met the Ukrainian boxer when he was still competing in the first heavyweight division.
However, even then our compatriot was sure that he would conquer the heavyweight division.
“I like Usyk anyway. I didn’t know him, but when we met, he knew everything about me. He told me: “I will do exactly the same thing that you did. You won the cruiserweight title, became the undisputed world champion, and then became the heavyweight champion. I will do the same.
I replied: “Wow.” It showed me that he’s been following my career and he knows what it takes to get there,” Holyfield said in an interview on the All Out Fighting YouTube channel.
It was previously reported that the WBC president doubted that Ukrainians would come to support Usyk.
Source: korrespondent
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