Oleksandr Usyk

Usyk in 2015, photo by photosvit/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk

Place of Birth: Simferopol, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine)

Date of Birth: 17 January, 1987

Ethnicity: Ukrainian

Oleksandr Usyk is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He was the undisputed cruiserweight champion from July 2018, until he vacated his titles in March 2019. He is the first cruiserweight in history to hold all four major world championships, the WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and WBO. He also holds the Ring magazine heavyweight title. He is also known as The Cat.

He is married to Kateryna, with whom he has three children.