Legendary American boxer James Toney said that Ukrainian boxer Alexander Usyk was a nobody in his time MillCity Boxing.
“Usyk is an excellent amateur boxer. He’s the heavyweight champion, which is great. But you know, in my era at welterweight he was a nobody,” Tony said.
On the night of May 19, 2024, Usik won against Briton Tyson Fury – the fight lasted all 12 declared rounds and ended with Usik’s victory by split decision. The Ukrainian boxer retained his WBA, IBF and WBO titles by taking his opponent’s WBC belt. This defeat was the first in Fury’s career: he won 34 of 35 fights (24 by knockout). Usik had 22 fights and won each of them (14 by knockout).
After this victory, the Ukrainian boxer rose to first place in the ranking of the best boxers regardless of weight category according to ESPN.
Previously Usyk came to the battle of views in an unusual way.