Without a doubt one of the best pound for pound players today is Oleksandr Usyk. The Ukrainian has three champion belts in the full weight category and comes from being the highest paid boxer per fight in 2024 by earning $114 million dollars for his fight against Tyson Fury.
Usyk, who just turned 38 on January 17, is already beginning to visualize his retirement from boxing. But unlike other boxers, the Ukrainian seems to want to continue remaining an athlete; although this time I would change sports.
And recently in an interview for Ring Podcast The heavyweight champion commented that after retiring from boxing he will move on to football. “I will be a soccer player”he commented when asked about his future.
And Usyk He has a contract from 2022 with FC Polissya, which currently plays in the first division of Ukrainian football.. Even the boxer already made his debut as a footballer a couple of years ago when his club was in the second division.
Now 38 years old, Usyk affirms that he will dedicate himself fully to his club in the Ukrainian Premier League once he hangs up his gloves as a boxer.
“I am a professional player. I have a contract with the Ukrainian team Polissya. “They play in the highest category, Polissya, a Ukrainian team”said Usyk, boasting about his contract as a professional footballer with the club.
At the moment Usyk plans to get into the ring one more time before his retirement. Well, he will have to defend his three championship belts against the winner between Daniel Dubois and Joseph Parker on February 22.
Usyk He currently has an undefeated record of 23-0, winning 14 of his fights by knockout. The Ukrainian made his official debut in 2013 against the Mexican Felipe Romero, whom he defeated in six rounds. The following year he won the interim cruiserweight championship of the World Boxing Organization and since then he has not lost a fight, becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion.
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