Oleksandr Usyk remains unbeaten in the professional ring.
He is now 38 years of age and after a long and successful amateur career that ended with him winning a gold medal at the London Games in 2012, he turned over to the professional ranks.
Since then, he has won all 23 of his contests, has become the undisputed cruiserweight champion and then done the same up at heavyweight with two points wins over Anthony Joshua, the same over Tyson Fury and, a KO victory over Daniel Dubois.
That fight with ‘DDD’ was in August 2023 in Poland and was marred by controversy as Usyk hit the deck following a heavy body shot, which was ruled to be low.
He was given all the time he needed to recover and later stopped Dubois, the current IBF champion, in round nine, but the pair will rematch for undisputed honours in the summer.
Ahead of that, in a round of winner stays on with Mail Sport Boxing, Usyk was asked to pick a winner between himself and boxing legend Mike Tyson, and the Ukrainian din’t hesitate to pick the American.
“Mike Tyson.”
Tyson famously knocked out all of his first 19 opponents, 12 of them inside the first round, and became the youngest ever world heavyweight champion, then reigned as undisputed from 1987 to 1990.