Oleksandr Usyk - Boxing News

Unsung Gems in the Ring

DeMarkus Jones - August 6, 2017 Leave a Comment

Throughout boxing history “big” names have always garnered mass attention, searing themselves in social memory. Tyson, Holyfield, Foreman, Mayweather, Jones Jr., Pacquiao, De La Hoya and Mosley were, and still are, huge names both in and out of boxing. However, […]

Usyk vs Huck in Berlin on Sept 9 – Tickets on Sale!

World Boxing Super Series - August 4, 2017

Tickets on sale! Usyk and Huck ready for Muhammad Ali Trophy opener in Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin WBO World Champion Oleksandr Usyk (12-0, 10 KOs) and Marco Huck (40-4-1, 27 KOs) both confident before the first ever contest of the World Boxing […]

Results: Lomachenko beats Sosa; Usyk and Gvozdyk win

Jeff Sorby - April 8, 2017

In a one-sided mismatch, Vasyl Lomachenko (8-1, 6 KOs) battered and beat down Jason Sosa (20-2-4, 15 KOs) in scoring a 9th round TKO to retain his WBO super featherweight title tonight at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, […]

Lomachenko vs. Sosa and Gvozdyk vs. Gonzalez and Usyk vs. Hunter on Saturday

Top Rank - April 6, 2017

HBO Sports visits Maryland for the first time since 1979 when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: VASYL LOMACHENKO VS. JASON SOSA AND OLEKSANDR GVOZDYK VS. YUNIESKY GONZALEZ AND ALEKSANDR USYK VS. MIKE HUNTER is seen SATURDAY, APRIL 8 at 10:00 p.m. (live […]

Usyk-Hunter and Gvozdyk-Gonzalez added to Lomachenko vs. Sosa card

Top Rank - February 23, 2017

The VASYL LOMACHENKO – JASON “El Canito” SOSA junior lightweight world championship event has become an embarrassment of Ukrainian riches with the addition of two title fights. Undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) cruiserweight world champion and Olympic gold medalist OLEKSANDR […]

Oleksandr Usyk changing trainers

K2 Promotions - February 12, 2017

Kiev, Ukraine (February 12, 2017) WBO Cruiserweight World Champion, OLEKSANDR USYK, (11-0, 10 KO’s) has issued the following statement today in regards to his future training and the parting with his trainer JAMES ALI BASHIR. “Bashir is a very nice […]

Cruiserweight champs Murat Gassiev, Oleksandr Usyk both plan on being heavyweights soon enough

James Slater - December 22, 2016

As exciting, talent-rich and respected as the cruiserweight division – once an all but frowned upon weight class – is today, the champions of the 200-pound division still aim to make the lucrative move up to heavyweight in the future. […]

Results: Usyk stops Mchunu

Jeff Sorby - December 17, 2016

WBO cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (11-0, 10 KOs) used a combination of boxing and punching to stop contender Thabiso Mchunu, (17-3, 11 KOs) in round nine after knocking him down three times in their fight at the Forum in Inglewood, […]

Oleksandr Usyk vs. Thabiso Mchunu Scouting Report

Main Events - December 17, 2016

This Saturday night undefeated WBO Cruiserweight World Champion Oleksandr Usyk (10-0, 9 KOs) will make his first defense against Thabiso “The Rock” Mchunu (17-2, 11 KOs) at the Forum in Inglewood, California. This exciting match-up will open HBO World Championship […]

A Case For The Cruisers: is cruiserweight the most exciting division in boxing today?

James Slater - December 6, 2016

Fight fans who tuned in saw a great card in Moscow this past Saturday, and it was a card that was predominantly highlighted by cruiserweights. We saw hard-hitting Murat Gassiev decision the unimaginably tough Denis Lebedev in a great fight, […]