For the first time in 24 years, the sport of boxing had an undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. Following his win over Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk became the first person since Lennox Lewis to hold that title. However, after his career-defining win, the Ukrainian fighter’s mother had only one request from her son which he does not intend on fulfilling.
In an interview with ‘Boxing King Media’, the heavyweight champ offered some touching insights into his personal life. He talked about how his mother had some strong feelings about his future in the sport or lack thereof.
Yes, she wanted him to straight away retire after the Fury win, because of course, he has won everything in the sport there is to be won.
But then he had to remind her of his rematch clause:
“My mumma say enough? I say no. ‘Why? you win all’. I say yes but we have contract rematch. Listen, my mumma not understand English, mumma I love you I gonna continue boxing because I love boxing. I feel I have power, it’s my life. My wife told me, listen I know you’re not going to stop boxing ever. It’s my life, I am going to continue boxing. Mumma I love you.”
Sadly, Mumma Usyk has to come to terms with the fact that her son isn’t quite ready to retire yet.
And when he’s done with boxing, he would like to sample other combat sports opportunities. Following his rematch with Fury, Usyk wants to try his hands at MMA, possibly bare knuckle!
Usyk teases a potential bare knuckle fight in the future
The heavyweight champion had one response to experimenting with new sports- “Why not?” Of course, since the question included Bare Knuckle and Conor McGregor owns a part of BKFC, the two teams reportedly reached out regarding the unlimited possibilities with someone of the caliber of the ‘Cat’.
Unfortunately, the details of those discussions remain under wraps. The only issue is finding a worthy opponent for the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
There aren’t any big names as of yet willing to step into a ring for a bare knuckle fight with the champion.
