It should be noted that the community has recently criticized Usyk a lot regarding his comments about the Russian-occupied Crimea, he has repeatedly avoided the issue of the territorial affiliation of the peninsula, as if afraid to call Crimea part of Ukraine.

However, after the rematch, the Ukrainian, who is a native of Simforpol, once and for all said who exactly owns his city.. So, one of the fans shouted “Simferopol” several times from the stands, to which Sasha first asked to pronounce the city again, and then answered “Ukraine”. Interestingly, the bronze medalist of the 2016 Olympic Games, gymnast Anna Rizadinova, also remembered Simferopol when she congratulated Usyk on his victory..

" Thank you, Usyk, for your invincibility, for the faith and hope that you gave us.. An example for everyone. These are the Simferopol boys - they are invincible,"

In a rematch held in the city of Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Usyk defeated Joshua by a split decision of the judges: 113-115, 115-113, 116-112.

Thus, the Ukrainian defended all the titles that he took away from the Briton in London last year, and also won the vacant belt of The Ring magazine.

Now the 35-year-old Usyk has 20 wins (13 by knockout) in 20 fights. He held four of them in the heavyweight division.. Before that, Alexander became the absolute world champion in the cruiserweight (weight category up to 90.7 kg), having won all four of the most prestigious belts there.;

Now the collection of the Ukrainian lacks another WBC belt, which is owned by the Briton Tyson Fury.