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Oleksandr Usyk

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Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Усик, pronounced [olekˈsɑndr ˈusɪk]; born 17 January 1987) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He has held the undisputed heavyweight championship since 2025, and the Ring magazine title since 2022. He held the undisputed championship in two weight classes—cruiserweight and heavyweight—and is the first male boxer to become a three-time undisputed champion in the "four-belt era". As an amateur, Usyk won heavyweight gold medals at the 2011 World Championships and 2012 Olympics while accumulating a record of 335 wins and 15 losses. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oleksandr Usyk is the 45th most popular boxer (up from 56th in 2019). (up from 3,265th in 2019)

Oleksandr Usyk is a Ukrainian professional boxer most famous for becoming the undisputed cruiserweight world champion by winning all four major titles in that weight class from 2018-2019, and then moving up to heavyweight and defeating Anthony Joshua twice to claim three of the four heavyweight world titles, cementing his status as one of the best pound-for-pound boxers currently.

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Among boxers, Oleksandr Usyk ranks 45 out of 496Before him are Trevor Berbick, Roy Jones Jr., Max Baer, Oscar Bonavena, Henry Armstrong, and José Torres. After him are Emile Griffith, Kim Duk-koo, Leon Spinks, Gennady Golovkin, Earnie Shavers, and Éder Jofre.

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Among people born in 1987, Oleksandr Usyk ranks 39Before him are Leonardo Bonucci, Julian Nagelsmann, Bray Wyatt, Jamie Vardy, Ana Ivanovic, and Dries Mertens. After him are Tom Felton, Ji Chang-wook, Alex Pereira, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Asmir Begović, and Mousa Dembélé.

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