Gassiev managed to combine in his asset two belts IBF and WBA in the heavyweight division, beating Cuban Junier on the road. Antenna also defeated Marcus Briedis in the WBSS semi-final and became the world champion in two versions. Now two light heavyweights will fight May 11 in Saudi Arabia.
This time the winner will get everything - a prestigious cup of Ali, $ 10 million, all belts, glory and honor, as well as a place in the boxing "Hall of Glory".
It is noteworthy that the Ukrainian boxer progressed to the 12th line, lagging behind the closing top-10 WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn by 40 points. The featherweight champion wins the Ukrainian Vasily Lomachenko, ahead of which only Saul Alvarez and Terence Crawford.
As reported in "URA-Inform", Usik managed to repeat the achievement of Wladimir Klitschko in the history of Ukrainian boxing.