Alexander Usik is the second boxer in history to become the absolute world heavyweight champion.
On the morning of May 19, after Oleksandr Usik’s dramatic victory over Tyson Fury in a unification bout in Riyadh, which allowed the Ukrainian to become the undisputed world heavyweight champion, the famous boxing journalist and insider Michael Benson wrote. “Five years ago, Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder were unbeaten and fighting for heavyweight supremacy, while Oleksandr Usyk had yet to make his Royal Division debut. Fury’s record is now 34-1-1, Joshua’s is 28-3, Wilder’s is 43-3-1, and Usyk is the undisputed king.” We decided to back up Benson’s post with statistics, collecting 10 facts proving the greatness of Usik.
No one Usik did not fight any of his championship fights at home, in Ukraine.
First defeat in professional career Mustache struck Tyson Fury. Before this, the Briton won 34 out of 35 fights, finishing one match in a draw.
The first boxer to land more than 130 accurate punches on Fury became Alexander Usik. Before this, the maximum that the Gypsy King missed in one fight was 127 blows.
Usik became the first heavyweight boxerwho managed to win four championship belts.
Usik became the first absolute world champion heavyweight champions over the past 25 years.
Usik became the second boxer in history, who managed to gain the title of absolute world champion in the first heavy and super heavy weight categories after Evander Holyfield. True, the American needed three belts for this.
The fight with Fury was for Usik second of eight won by decision, which he did not win unanimously. The first was a fight with Mairis Briedis for the WBO and WBC cruiserweight titles. Then one referee considered it a draw, the other two gave the victory to Usik.
The mustache has become third active boxerwho won the absolute world champion titles in two categories after Crawford and Inoue.
Eight boxerswho previously owned or at the time of the fight with him championship belts, Usik won.
Usyk needed 22 fightsto become the absolute world champion in the first heavy and super heavyweight divisions. It took Holyfield 25 fights.
Source: Sportarena
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