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