Oleksandr Usyk He is today the undisputed heavyweight champion and living history of boxing, in addition to the best boxer pound for pound according to The Ring magazine. His resume is impeccable, since he remains undefeated and had also been previously Olympic champion and absolute king in the cruiserweight. To crown his career, he defeated Fury by split decision in an entertaining fight that featured a curious moment that almost no one noticed.
The scene took place during the minute of rest after round 7. Yuri Tkachenko, Usyk’s coach, asks him: “Do you want the crucifix?”. The boxer responds that he does and his trainer brings the cross to ‘The Cat’, a devout Christian, who kisses it. It must be remembered that until this moment, a theatrical Fury dominated the fight after a very successful start from Usyk. The Englishman began to handle the fight and got her on his side with deft hooks and ferocious body shots. It was ‘Gypsy King’ in its purest form, but this ended in the eighth round.
And what happened in this round? It was clear dominance of the Ukrainian left-hander. He damaged Fury a lot with a couple of left hands and at the end of the round he unleashed a right hand that even made the British man bleed. What then happened in the ninth, by now almost everyone has seen. Divine help or not, a man of faith like Usyk moved up a gear.
after the fight ‘The Cat’ starred in an emotional moment through tears remembering his father: “I miss my father. The last time he came to see me in my dreams, I told him: ‘you live there and I live here, please don’t come looking for me, I love you.’ It’s hard for me when my father comes back to me because I remember our whole life. I know he’s here, maybe sitting out there.”
