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World Championship WBC and WBO World Cup and Murat Gassiyev, representative of Russia, met in the final of the World Boxing SuperSeries.
By unanimous decision of the judges, Alexander Usik won the match
Also read: Usik – Gassiev: video boxing match
Thus, the Ukrainian won two other belts under the IBF and WBA versions , thus becoming absolute champion. the world, as shown by Muhammad Ali's trophy. He also got the belt of The Ring magazine.
Note that this is a unique achievement for Ukraine, since no one previously had united all the belts in its weight. To this end, only the Klitschko brothers have collected all the titles of the heavyweight division for two.
In addition, Usik became the third boxer in the history of boxing, which won the title of absolute world champion in heavyweight. Only the legendary Evander Holyfield and O Neill Bell have a similar status
Let's add that Alexander is also the only absolute champion in professional boxing. The last boxer was Terence Crawford in the first welterweight category in 2017.
Earlier, it became known as the so-called revenge, namely an exhibition battle between the honorable WBC champion, mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko and British Lennox Lewis, would not take place. The fight was to take place at the 56th Annual WBC Congress, which will host the Ukrainian capital from 30 September to 5 October.
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