Oleksandr Usyk is a Ukrainian professional boxer who became the undisputed champion in two weight classes — cruiserweight and heavyweight — and, per his Wikipedia biography, the first male boxer to become a three-time undisputed champion in the four-belt era. He held the undisputed cruiserweight championship from 2018 to 2019 and the undisputed heavyweight championship in 2024 and again in 2025.
As an amateur, Usyk won heavyweight gold at the 2011 World Championships and the 2012 London Olympics, finishing with an amateur record of 335 wins and 15 losses. He turned professional on November 9, 2013, beating Felipe Romero in Kyiv, won his first world title in 2016, unified and then undisputed the cruiserweight division by winning the World Boxing Super Series in 2018, and moved up to take the WBA (Super), IBF and WBO heavyweight titles from Anthony Joshua in 2021 before adding the WBC title against Tyson Fury in May 2024. He held the unified heavyweight championship from 2021 until vacating his sanctioning body titles in June 2026, and has held The Ring heavyweight title since 2022. His professional record below does not include his six World Series of Boxing bouts from 2012–13, which are not professional fights.
BoxRec-style profile
- Birth name: Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk
- Born: January 17, 1987 — Simferopol, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
- Nationality: Ukrainian
- Height: 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
- Reach: 78 in (198 cm)
- Stance: Southpaw
- Pro debut: November 9, 2013 (fifth-round TKO of Felipe Romero)
- Last bout: May 23, 2026 (eleventh-round TKO of Rico Verhoeven)
- Total rounds boxed: 217 (summed from the bout table below)
- Divisions: Cruiserweight, Heavyweight
- KO percentage: 64.0% (16 KO wins in 25 wins)
- Titles held (major, with reign dates): WBO cruiserweight September 17, 2016 – 2019 (vacated); WBC cruiserweight January 27, 2018 – 2019; WBA (Super), IBF and The Ring cruiserweight July 21, 2018 – 2019 — undisputed cruiserweight champion July 21, 2018 – 2019; WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight September 25, 2021 – June 2026 (sanctioning-body titles vacated, per the fetched article); The Ring heavyweight from August 20, 2022; WBC heavyweight May 18, 2024 – June 2026; undisputed heavyweight champion May 18, 2024 – June 25, 2024 (IBF vacated) and again from July 19, 2025
- Trainer: James Ali Bashir until February 12, 2017, then Anatoly Lomachenko
- Promoter: Alexander Krassyuk of K2 Promotions — his career-long promoter across 12 years, with the split announced in June 2025; he signed with K2 on turning professional
Record at a glance
- Total bouts: 25
- Wins: 25
- Wins by KO: 16
- Losses: 0
- Losses by KO: 0
- Draws: 0
- No contests: 0
- Born: 17 January 1987, Simferopol, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
- Nationality: Ukrainian
- Height: 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
- Reach: 78 in (198 cm)
- Stance: Southpaw
- Divisions: Cruiserweight, Heavyweight
Fight-by-fight record
| No. | Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round/Time | Venue / Notes |
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| 1 | 9 Nov 2013 | Felipe Romero | Win | TKO | 5 (6), 1:36 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine |
| 2 | 7 Dec 2013 | Epifanio Mendoza | Win | TKO | 4 (6), 2:10 | Ice Arena TEC Terminal, Brovary, Ukraine |
| 3 | 26 Apr 2014 | Ben Nsafoah | Win | KO | 3 (8), 1:43 | König Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Germany |
| 4 | 31 May 2014 | Cesar David Crenz | Win | KO | 4 (8), 2:19 | Sports Palace, Odesa, Ukraine |
| 5 | 4 Oct 2014 | Daniel Bruwer | Win | TKO | 7 (10), 2:55 | Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine — ★ Title fight — Won vacant WBO interim Inter-Continental cruiserweight title |
| 6 | 13 Dec 2014 | Danie Venter | Win | TKO | 9 (10), 2:29 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine — ★ Title fight — Retained WBO Inter-Continental cruiserweight title |
| 7 | 18 Apr 2015 | Andrey Knyazev | Win | TKO | 8 (10), 2:24 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine — ★ Title fight — Retained WBO Inter-Continental cruiserweight title |
| 8 | 29 Aug 2015 | Johnny Muller | Win | TKO | 3 (12), 2:59 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine — ★ Title fight — Retained WBO Inter-Continental cruiserweight title |
| 9 | 12 Dec 2015 | Pedro Rodriguez | Win | TKO | 7 (12), 1:57 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine — ★ Title fight — Retained WBO Inter-Continental cruiserweight title |
| 10 | 17 Sep 2016 | Krzysztof Głowacki | Win | UD | 12 | Ergo Arena, Gdańsk, Poland — ★ Title fight — Won WBO cruiserweight title |
| 11 | 17 Dec 2016 | Thabiso Mchunu | Win | TKO | 9 (12), 1:53 | The Forum, Inglewood, California, US — ★ Title fight — Retained WBO cruiserweight title |
| 12 | 8 Apr 2017 | Michael Hunter | Win | UD | 12 | MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill, Maryland, US — ★ Title fight — Retained WBO cruiserweight title |
| 13 | 9 Sep 2017 | Marco Huck | Win | TKO | 10 (12), 2:12 | Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany — ★ Title fight — Retained WBO cruiserweight title; World Boxing Super Series quarter-final |
| 14 | 27 Jan 2018 | Mairis Briedis | Win | MD | 12 | Arēna Rīga, Riga, Latvia — ★ Title fight — Retained WBO cruiserweight title; Won WBC cruiserweight title; World Boxing Super Series semi-final |
| 15 | 21 Jul 2018 | Murat Gassiev | Win | UD | 12 | Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia — ★ Title fight — Retained WBC and WBO cruiserweight titles; Won WBA (Super), IBF, and The Ring cruiserweight titles; World Boxing Super Series final |
| 16 | 10 Nov 2018 | Tony Bellew | Win | KO | 8 (12), 2:00 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England — ★ Title fight — Retained WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring cruiserweight titles |
| 17 | 12 Oct 2019 | Chazz Witherspoon | Win | RTD | 7 (12), 3:00 | Wintrust Arena, Chicago, Illinois, US |
| 18 | 31 Oct 2020 | Derek Chisora | Win | UD | 12 | Wembley Arena, London, England — ★ Title fight — Won WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title |
| 19 | 25 Sep 2021 | Anthony Joshua | Win | UD | 12 | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, England — ★ Title fight — Won WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles |
| 20 | 20 Aug 2022 | Anthony Joshua | Win | SD | 12 | King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia — ★ Title fight — Retained WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, and The Ring heavyweight titles |
| 21 | 26 Aug 2023 | Daniel Dubois | Win | KO | 9 (12), 1:48 | Wrocław Stadium, Wrocław, Poland — ★ Title fight — Retained WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, and The Ring heavyweight titles |
| 22 | 18 May 2024 | Tyson Fury | Win | SD | 12 | Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — ★ Title fight — Retained WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, and The Ring heavyweight titles; Won WBC heavyweight title |
| 23 | 21 Dec 2024 | Tyson Fury | Win | UD | 12 | Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — ★ Title fight — Retained WBA (Super), WBC, WBO, IBO, and The Ring heavyweight titles |
| 24 | 19 Jul 2025 | Daniel Dubois | Win | KO | 5 (12), 1:52 | Wembley Stadium, London, England — ★ Title fight — Retained WBA (Super), WBC, WBO, IBO, and The Ring heavyweight titles; Won IBF heavyweight title |
| 25 | 23 May 2026 | Rico Verhoeven | Win | TKO | 11 (12), 2:59 | Pyramids of Giza, Giza, Egypt — ★ Title fight — Retained WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring heavyweight titles |
Titles & notes
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Major title reigns (start–end): WBO cruiserweight September 17, 2016 – 2019 (vacated on moving to heavyweight); WBC cruiserweight January 27, 2018 – 2019; WBA (Super), IBF and The Ring cruiserweight July 21, 2018 – 2019 — undisputed cruiserweight champion July 21, 2018 – 2019; WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight September 25, 2021 – June 2026 (sanctioning-body titles vacated, per the fetched article); The Ring heavyweight from August 20, 2022; WBC heavyweight May 18, 2024 – June 2026; undisputed heavyweight champion May 18, 2024 – June 25, 2024 (IBF vacated) and again from July 19, 2025
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First title: won the vacant WBO interim Inter-Continental cruiserweight title against Daniel Bruwer (TKO 7, 4 Oct 2014) and defended it against Danie Venter, Andrey Knyazev, Johnny Muller and Pedro Rodriguez.
- WBO cruiserweight title: won from Krzysztof Głowacki on 17 September 2016; defended against Thabiso Mchunu and Michael Hunter.
- Undisputed cruiserweight champion: beat Mairis Briedis (27 January 2018) to add the WBC title, then Murat Gassiev (21 July 2018) to add the WBA (Super), IBF and The Ring titles and become undisputed.
- Heavyweight titles: won the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight titles from Anthony Joshua (UD, 25 Sep 2021) and retained them in the rematch (SD, 20 Aug 2022), then defended against Daniel Dubois (KO 9, 26 Aug 2023).
- Undisputed heavyweight champion: beat Tyson Fury on 18 May 2024, adding the WBC title to his WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO titles, and retained the unified crown in the rematch (UD, 21 Dec 2024).
- Two-time undisputed heavyweight champion: knocked out Daniel Dubois on 19 July 2025, winning back the IBF title and regaining undisputed status.
- Most recent bout in the record table: an eleventh-round TKO of Rico Verhoeven on 23 May 2026 at the Pyramids of Giza, retaining the WBA (Super), WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles.
Record source: Wikipedia professional boxing record table (cross-checked against the bout list).
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