Only boxers know the many sacrifices they have to make before entering the ring and risking their lives, especially when they have to face big challenges, like the one that will face the Ukrainian boxer. Oleksandr Usyk (21-0-0, 14 KOs) including british Tyson Fury (34-0-0, 24 KOs) for the unification of heavyweights, to see who is the real heavyweight.
As a result, Usyk seemed even more upset by the delay suffered by the fight, which was originally scheduled for February 17 but was later postponed to May 18 as a result of a deep cut that occurred on his eyelid. ‘Hypsy King’ while sparring with a sparring partner at the gym.
Usyk made so many sacrifices that even he himself declared that he missed the birth of his daughter: “I sacrificed all the days we were with my family: New Year’s, Christmas, my birthday, my son, my second. son and, of course, the birth of my daughter,” the Ukrainian said at the rally he held in Spain and reported by Reuters.
He didn’t want to get too far into analyzing what happened to Fury, but said “we have to take it more seriously. It’s a very important fight that everyone is looking forward to,” adding, “there are definitely steps being taken of professional boxers, they usually use a helmet and big gloves for sparring.” And he used the word professional again. “He treated it all in a different way than a professional, acting in a disrespectful way in everything related to the match.”
After the incident that occurred angerthe fight for the heavyweights’ historic unification will finally take place on May 18.
Source: La Verdad
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