The Ukrainian world champion in the super heavyweight division was surprised by the complete invasion of Russia.
Oleksandr Usyk spoke about how difficult it was for him at the beginning of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
According to the boxer, only in the first month of his sports form there was absolutely nothing left.
The unified world heavyweight champion lost 10 kilograms, which he almost never regained.
“I had a minus 10. I don’t remember when I weighed 91 kilograms. Even I was 90 kg. All thoughts were about what was happening. It was very bad in this first month. Yes, and the quality of the mass of muscles that I got before the first battle, all in red, it is difficult to return all of them.
We spent the first two or three months just restoring the weight to get it right, to make working muscles, because I was as thin as possible, like a firewood,” Usyk said in the film. Usyk – Joshua The art of boxing.
Usyk previously boasted of his form prior to the duel with Dubois.
Source: korrespondent
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