Oleksandr Usyk
Oleksandr Ussyk (Ukrainian Олександр Олександрович Усік, English transcription Oleksandr Oleksandrovic Usyk, . Born January 17, 1987 in Simferopol, Crimean ASSR, Ukrainian SSR, USSR) is a Ukrainian boxer. He was bronze medalist at the European Championships in 2006, 2008 European Champion, Olympian 2008, bronze medalist of the 2009 World Championships, 2011 World Champion and Olympic champion in 2012.
Career
Oleksandr Ussyk comes from Simferopol. He started there as a teenager with boxing and developed itself as a junior at an excellent stylist. He is a member of the boxing club Ukraina Simferopol. He is 1.91 meters tall and has therefore over a large area. In 2005 he represented the Ukraine for the first time at an international championship, the Junior European Championships in Tallinn. He left there in the middleweight division, however, already in his first fight by a point defeat against the Russians Sergei Skljarew and therefore finished only 17th place.
Oleksandr Ussyk also made further progress in 2006. In the 50th Bocskai Memorial in Debrecen, Hungary, he came at middleweight he came to three wins and beat, amongst others, the Romanian lace boxer Ronald Gavril and Petrişor Gănănău. In the final battle of this tournament, he defeated the Turks Ömer Aydogan and came in second place. He was also employed at the European Championships this year in Plovdiv at middleweight. There he was, respectively demolition winner in the third round of Balazs Kelemen from Hungary and Badou Jack from Sweden and suggested Revaz Karelischwili from Georgia by points ( 38:15 ). In the semifinals, he had to Matvey Korobov from Russia to accept a demolition defeat in the third round and got away with it on the third place. Towards the end of the year he represented then Ukraine at the World Cup in Baku, which was held in the form of countries Tournament. He lost there against Mohamed HIKAL from Egypt to points ( 8:17 ) and triumphed over Lu Yuping from China to points ( 21:9 ).
At the beginning of 2007, Oleksandr Ussyk changed in the light heavyweight ( class to 81 kg body weight), because he could not bring the weight limit for the middleweight (75 kg). In this weight class he had, however, in the Ukraine in Ismail Sillach and Denys Pojazyka two tough competitors that made him the right to start at international championships in dispute. At the 2007 World Championships in Chicago so he did not play. He represented the Ukraine but at the 13th Amber Gloves tournament in Kaliningrad, which was held as a nation tournament. He won there over Javid Taghiew from Azerbaijan to points ( 18:4 ), was defeated European champion Artur Beterbijew from Russia very scarce ( 10:12 ) on points and defeated Utkir Saipov from Uzbekistan by points ( 17:7 ).
2008 represented Ukraine Oleksandr Ussyk at the 1st European Olympic Qualification tournament for the Beijing Games in Pescara. He started there even in the heavyweight division ( class up to 91 of body weight) and was there in great shape. With victories over Adrian Ciobanu, Romania, Yousef Abdelghani, Israel, Elchin Alizade, Azerbaijan and Danny Price, England, he fought his way to one of the two coveted Olympic starting places that no longer necessitated the final battle against Viktar Zuev of Belarus. At the Beijing Games even he won the heavyweight in the first round of the Chinese Yushan Nijati convincingly on points ( 23:4 ), but was defeated in the quarter finals against the reigning world champion Clemente Russo from Italy on points ( 4:7 ) and finished in fifth place.
In November 2008, he competed at the European Championships in Liverpool again in the light heavyweight division. He was there with five convincing victories point the new European Champion. In the final he defeated Sergei Karnejew this from Belarus with 11:2 hits. At the end of 2008 he started in December in Moscow and at the World Cup. In the heavy- weight he came there to point victories over Elchin Alizade ( 12:4 ) and Mihai Muntean, Moldova ( 5:2 ). But to the final battle against Osmay Acosta from Cuba he could not compete due to injury.
At the 2009 World Championships Ussyk reached after victories over Manpreet Singh, India ( 16:2 ), in the second round on Stephen Simmons, Scotland ( 11:1 ), and in the quarterfinals on Vitalijus Subacius, Lithuania (19:1), the semi-finals, which However, he against the eventual world champion Yegor Menchonzew, Russia ( 14:10), lost and thus won the bronze medal.
2011 Ussyk won at the world championships gold medal. He suggested, inter alia, in the course of the tournament Pulew Tervel, Bulgaria ( AB 3 ), Artur Beterbijew, Russia (17-13 ), Siarhei Karneyeu, Belarus ( 23:10 ), and Teymur Məmmədov, Azerbaijan ( 25:15 ).
With this success Ussyk also qualified for the 2012 Olympics, where he, after victories in the quarterfinals over Artur Beterbijew, Russia (17-13 ) in the semifinals on Pulew Tervel, Bulgaria ( 21:5 ), and in the final Clemente Russo Italy ( 14:11 ) won the gold medal and thus crowned his career with the Olympic victory.
World Series of Boxing
In the 2012/2013 season started for the Ukrainian Ussyk Otamans in the World Series of Boxing. During the season he won all six fights in which it was used and suggested among other things, Joseph Joyce of the British Lionhearts. In the quarterfinals of the playoffs, he won against Magomedrasul Majidov of Azerbaijan Baku Fire and in the semifinal against Matteo Modugno, Italia Thunder. In the finals he met Mihai Nistor, but could not prevent his victory with the defeat against the Astana Arlans.
International success
Note: OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Middleweight, weight category up to 75 kg, light heavyweight, up to 81 kilograms, heavy weight, to 91 kg Super Heavyweight, over 91 kg body weight