Alexander Usik holds the trophy of Mohammed Ali. On the night of Sunday, July 22, in the sports complex of Moscow "Olympic" 31 years Ukrainian Alexander Usik won the final of the World Boxing SuperSeries in the first heavyweight Son rival Russian Murat Gassiev, 24 years scored for the points. Before the battle, Usik had 14 victories in 14 battles, 11 KOs, Gassiev – 26 wins in 26 fights at 19 KOs.
Two of the judges established 119: 109, a – 120: 108. The Simferopol native won the Mohammed Ali trophy and became the first Ukrainian to be the absolute world champion in four major versions: WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF. Before the unifying battle, Usik and Gassiev had two titles.
Alexander Usik chose these belt in the 15th match of the professionals. It's a fast record. For Americans Jermaine Taylor, it took 24 fights. There were only three of the four Usak titles – the Americans Bernard Hopkins, Jermain Taylor and Terence Crawford.
Anatoly Lomachenko was the father and one of the best boxers in the world Vasyl Lomachenko. Under his leadership, Usik acted with confidence, skill and made a mistake.
The Ukrainians clearly showed the preference of the third round
. He has beautifully and easily relocated his opponent from a distance. The greatest success of Gassiev is produced in the last seconds of the fourth round. The whistle was not ready, was attacking and missing a powerful right side to the head.
At each turn, the advantage of the Ukrainian boxer became more tangible. Jebi Usik constantly shot Gassiev out of sight. Alexander was walking well, off the line from the attack of the opponent. Fingent, played more. Gassiev could not resist anything, and in the interval after the sixth round, he complained to his coach Abel Sanchez that he could not stand in an opponent. From the ninth round, the Russians were practically demoralized.
During the Ukrainian strike, he inflicted nearly three times more strikes than the Russians. In the final, 12th, he made 117 shots, 47 of which hit. Gassiev scored 12 times in 91 laps. After this victory, two Ukrainians – Vasily Lomachenko and Alexander Usik – are in the top five of the best boxers in the world, regardless of the weight category.
10 million dollars – 262 million UAH – will be won by Alexander Usik for the victory in the final of the World Boxing SuperSeries. His rival Murat Gassiyev – half less – $ 5 million
4th place is occupied by Alexander Usik in the ranking of the magazine "Ring". It defines the best boxers in the world regardless of the weight category. Usik was the tenth before.
Another Ukrainian boxer, Vasyl Lomachenko, in second place. The leader is Gennady Golovkin from Kazakhstan