WBO NAMES UKRAINE'S BOXER OLEKSANDR USYK "FIGHTER OF THE YEAR"
Oleksandr
Usyk (8-0, 8 KO), the undefeated cruiserweight from Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula,
was named the World Boxing Organization’s “intercontinental fighter of the year”
at the professional boxing sanctioning body’s convention in Orlando, Florida on
Oct. 27.
The 28-year-old
southpaw’s promoter, K2 Promotions, established by brothers Vitali and
Wladimir
Klitschko, announced the news on its website. Alexander Krassyuk, the
vaunted boxer's manager, accepted the award in Usyk's place because the
Simferopol native is
currently training in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast mountain resort of
Bukovel for
his next fight taking place in December.
K2 spokeswoman Olha Savelieva declined to say who his next opponent would be when contacted by the Kyiv Post on Oct. 28.
Winner of
the heavyweight gold medal in the 2012 London Olympics, Usyk is ranked number
one in his weight class on WBO’s ranking. Poland’s Krzysztof Glowacki is the
current WBO junior heavyweight champion.
Source: KyivPost
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