What is Oleksandr Usyk's record?
Eight years and 11 months into his professional boxing career, Oleksandr Usyk has fought 20 times with 20 wins and no losses. As of June 2023, Usyk's boxing record stands at an undefeated 20-0 (13 KO wins). He is on a 20-fight winning streak, and is next scheduled to fight Daniel Dubois on August 26, 2023.
- Born
- Jan 17, 1987
- Age
- 36
- Debut
- Sep 11, 2013
- Record
- 20-0
- Rounds
- 168
- KOs
- 13 (65%)
- Height
- 191 cm
- Reach
- 198 cm
- Ape Index
- 7 cm
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Last Fight
- Next Fight
| WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | TheRing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HV w1 d1 | HV w1 d1 | HV w1 d1 | HV w1 d0 | |
| CR w1 d1 | CR w1 d2 | CR w1 d1 | CR w1 d6 | CR w1 d1 |
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Oleksandr Usyk (The Cat) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He was born in Simferopol, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union on January 17, 1987. Usyk made his professional boxing debut at the age of 26, on September 11, 2013. He is a two-weight-class world champion. Usyk is 36 years old, he will turn 37 in seven months and eight days.
Fight Record
| Total Fights | 20 |
|---|---|
| Wins | 20 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No-Contests | 0 |
| KO Wins | 13 |
|---|---|
| Total Title Wins | 9 |
| Title Defenses | 7 |
| Title-Fight KO Wins | 3 |
| Losses via KO | 0 |
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Result | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Aug 26, 2023 | 36 | Daniel Dubois | NA * | NA |
| 20 | Aug 20, 2022 | 35 | Anthony Joshua | Win * | SD |
| 19 | Sep 25, 2021 | 34 | Anthony Joshua | Win * | UD |
| 18 | Oct 31, 2020 | 33 | Derek Chisora | Win | UD |
| 17 | Oct 12, 2019 | 32 | Chazz Witherspoon | Win | RTD7 |
| 16 | Nov 10, 2018 | 31 | Tony Bellew | Win * | KO8 |
| 15 | Jul 21, 2018 | 31 | Murat Gassiev | Win * | UD |
| 14 | Jan 27, 2018 | 31 | Mairis Briedis | Win * | MD |
| 13 | Sep 9, 2017 | 30 | Marco Huck | Win * | TKO10 |
| 12 | Apr 8, 2017 | 30 | Michael Hunter | Win * | UD |
| 11 | Dec 17, 2016 | 29 | Thabiso Mchunu | Win * | TKO9 |
| 10 | Sep 17, 2016 | 29 | Krzysztof Głowacki | Win * | UD |
| 9 | Dec 12, 2015 | 28 | Pedro Rodriguez | Win | TKO7 |
| 8 | Aug 29, 2015 | 28 | Johnny Muller | Win | TKO3 |
| 7 | Apr 18, 2015 | 28 | Andrey Knyazev | Win | TKO8 |
| 6 | Dec 13, 2014 | 27 | Danie Venter | Win | TKO9 |
| 5 | Oct 4, 2014 | 27 | Daniel Bruwer | Win | TKO7 |
| 4 | May 31, 2014 | 27 | Cesar David Crenz | Win | KO4 |
| 3 | Apr 26, 2014 | 27 | Ben Nsafoah | Win | KO3 |
| 2 | Dec 7, 2013 | 26 | Epifanio Mendoza | Win | TKO4 |
| 1 | Sep 11, 2013 | 26 | Felipe Romero | Win | TKO5 |
* World-title fight
World Titles
Usyk is a two-weight-division world champion. He has held nine world titles, two of which were vacant title wins, and the rest seven were lineal championship wins.
| Weight Division | World Titles Held |
|---|---|
| Heavyweight | WBA, IBF, WBO, The Ring |
| Cruiserweight | WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, The Ring |
Statistics
Oleksandr Usyk is 191 cm tall (6' 3.20") with a reach of 198 cm (6' 5.95"). He fights out of the southpaw stance and presents an ape-index of 7 cm (2.76").
Usyk has a 65% KO rate. Of his total 13 KO wins, four were in the early rounds, six in the mid rounds, and three in the later rounds. He doesn't have any first-round KO wins.
Career Summary
Oleksandr Usyk made his professional boxing debut against Felipe Romero at the age of 26 on September 11, 2013, defeating Romero via 5th round TKO.
Usyk had his first world title fight at the age of 29 on September 17, 2016 after 9 professional fights, against Krzysztof Głowacki for the cruiserweight WBO title. He defeated Głowacki via 12 round unanimous decision to become the cruiserweight champion of the world.
He is a one-time undisputed cruiserweight world champion, and a two-time unified world champion — at heavyweight and cruiserweight, and has won nine world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Usyk's world title wins and defenses refer to "Oleksandr Usyk World Titles".
Some of Usyk's best fights and notable victories include wins over Anthony Joshua, Murat Gassiev, Tony Bellew, Marco Huck, Mairis Briedis, Krzysztof Głowacki, and Chazz Witherspoon.
Usyk has never lost a fight in his professional boxing career so far.
His most recent fight was a heavyweight title defense bout against British boxer Anthony Joshua on August 20, 2022. Usyk won the fight via 12 round split-decision and defended his WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO titles, and won the vacant The Ring title. It's been 9 months and 20 days since this fight.
Career Highlights
Usyk has fought a total of 20 times till today, which includes 9 world-title fights at two weight divisions — heavyweight and cruiserweight. He is among the very best of his generation and is known for his great performances in his fights. These eight fights are the highlight of his career.
September 17, 2016: Usyk wins his first world title by defeating Krzysztof Głowacki via 12 round unanimous decision. He is now the WBO cruiserweight world champion.
December 17, 2016: Usyk successfully defends the WBO cruiserweight title against Thabiso Mchunu, winning the fight via 9th round TKO.
September 9, 2017: Usyk successfully defends the WBO cruiserweight title against Marco Huck, winning the fight via 10th round TKO.
January 27, 2018: Usyk becomes a unified cruiserweight world champion by beating Mairis Briedis via 12 round majority decision. He now holds the WBO and WBC cruiserweight world-champion belts.
July 21, 2018: Usyk becomes the undisputed cruiserweight world champion by defeating Murat Gassiev via 12 round unanimous decision. He now holds the WBC, WBO, WBA (Super), IBF, and The Ring cruiserweight world-champion belts.
November 10, 2018: Usyk successfully defends the WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring cruiserweight titles against Tony Bellew, winning the fight via 8th round KO.
September 25, 2021: Usyk becomes a unified heavyweight world champion by beating Anthony Joshua via 12 round unanimous decision. He now holds the WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO heavyweight world-champion belts.
August 20, 2022: Usyk wins The Ring heavyweight title from Anthony Joshua, by beating Joshua via 12 round split-decision.
Oleksandr Usyk Fights
The following is a fight-by-fight progression of Usyk's boxing career; all the way from his debut, to winning world-titles, to his latest win against Anthony Joshua.
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Daniel Dubois
Fight page: Usyk vs. DuboisIn his next fight, Oleksandr Usyk will face 25-year old British boxer Daniel Dubois (19-1, 18 KO) on August 26, 2023 at the Wrocław Stadium, Wrocław, Poland. He will be defending his heavyweight WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and The Ring titles.
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Anthony Joshua II
Fight page: Usyk vs. Joshua IIOn August 20, 2022, in their 2nd fight, which was an immediate rematch, a 35-year old Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KO) faced Anthony Joshua again, who was now 32 years old with a record of 24-2 in a heavyweight title-defense fight. Joshua had lost to Usyk in their last fight, and was the taller of the two by 7 cms and also had a 10 cm reach advantage over Usyk. Coming into this fight, Joshua had two losses, one of which was via stoppage.
Usyk defeated Joshua via 12 round split-decision to win the vacant Ring Magazine heavyweight title and retain the WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO heavyweight titles. He is now on a 20-fight winning streak.
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Anthony Joshua
Fight page: Usyk vs. JoshuaOn September 25, 2021, a 34-year old Oleksandr Usyk (18-0, 13 KO) faced British boxer Anthony Joshua for the first time, who was 31 years old with a record of 24-1 for Joshua's WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO heavyweight titles. Joshua was on a two-fight win streak with 22 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 7 cms and also had a 10 cm reach advantage over Usyk. Coming into this fight, Joshua had a single loss, which was via stoppage.
Usyk defeated Joshua via 12 round unanimous decision to win the WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO heavyweight titles. He is now on a 19-fight winning streak.
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Derek Chisora
Fight page: Usyk vs. ChisoraOn October 31, 2020, a 33-year old Oleksandr Usyk (17-0, 13 KO) fought British boxer Derek Chisora, who was 36 years old with a record of 32-9. Chisora was on a three-fight win streak with 23 KO wins. Usyk was the taller of the two by 3 cms and also had a 10 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Chisora had nine losses, three of which were via stoppage.
Usyk defeated Chisora via 12 round unanimous decision. He is now on a 18-fight winning streak.
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Chazz Witherspoon
Fight page: Usyk vs. WitherspoonOn October 12, 2019, a 32-year old Oleksandr Usyk (16-0, 12 KO) fought American boxer Chazz Witherspoon, who was 38 years old with a record of 38-3. Witherspoon was on a eight-fight win streak with 29 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 2 cms but Usyk had a 5 cm reach advantage over Witherspoon. Coming into this fight, Witherspoon had three losses, two of which were via stoppage.
Usyk defeated Witherspoon via 7th round RTD. He is now on a 17-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tony Bellew
Fight page: Usyk vs. BellewOn November 10, 2018, a 31-year old Oleksandr Usyk (15-0, 11 KO) faced British boxer Tony Bellew, who was 35 years old with a record of 30-2-1 in an undisputed cruiserweight championship bout. Bellew was on a 10-fight win streak with 20 KO wins. Both the boxers were of the same height but Usyk had a 10 cm reach advantage over Bellew. Coming into this fight, Bellew had two losses, one of which was via stoppage.
Usyk defeated Bellew via 8th round KO to retain the WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and Ring Magazine cruiserweight titles. He is now on a 16-fight winning streak.
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Murat Gassiev
Fight page: Usyk vs. GassievOn July 21, 2018, a 31-year old Oleksandr Usyk (14-0, 11 KO) faced an undefeated Russian boxer Murat Gassiev, who was 24 years old with a record of 26-0 in an undisputed cruiserweight championship bout. Gassiev was on a 26-fight win streak with 19 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 1 cm but Usyk had a 5 cm reach advantage over Gassiev.
Usyk defeated Gassiev via 12 round unanimous decision to win the WBA (Super), IBF, and vacant Ring Magazine cruiserweight titles and retain the WBC and WBO cruiserweight titles. He handed Gassiev the first loss of his career, and put an end to Gassiev's 26-fight win streak. Usyk is now on a 15-fight winning streak.
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Mairis Briedis
Fight page: Usyk vs. BriedisOn January 27, 2018, a 31-year old Oleksandr Usyk (13-0, 11 KO) faced an undefeated Latvian boxer Mairis Briedis, who was 33 years old with a record of 23-0 in a cruiserweight title-unification fight. Briedis was on a 23-fight win streak with 18 KO wins. Usyk was the taller of the two by 5 cms and also had a 8 cm reach advantage.
Usyk defeated Briedis via 12 round majority decision to win the WBC cruiserweight title and retain the WBO cruiserweight title. He handed Briedis the first loss of his career, and put an end to Briedis' 23-fight win streak. Usyk is now on a 14-fight winning streak.
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Marco Huck
Fight page: Usyk vs. HuckOn September 9, 2017, a 30-year old Oleksandr Usyk (12-0, 10 KO) faced German boxer Marco Huck, who was 32 years old with a record of 40-4-1 in a cruiserweight title-defense fight. Huck was on a one-fight losing streak. Usyk was the taller of the two by 3 cms and also had a 3 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Huck had four losses, two of which were via stoppage.
Usyk defeated Huck via 10th round TKO to retain the WBO cruiserweight title. He is now on a 13-fight winning streak.
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Michael Hunter
Fight page: Usyk vs. HunterOn April 8, 2017, a 30-year old Oleksandr Usyk (11-0, 10 KO) faced an undefeated American boxer Michael Hunter, who was 28 years old with a record of 12-0 in a cruiserweight title-defense fight. Hunter was on a 12-fight win streak with 8 KO wins. Usyk was the taller of the two by 3 cms but Hunter had a 4 cm reach advantage over Usyk.
Usyk defeated Hunter via 12 round unanimous decision to retain the WBO cruiserweight title. He handed Hunter the first loss of his career, and put an end to Hunter's 12-fight win streak. Usyk is now on a 12-fight winning streak.
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Thabiso Mchunu
Fight page: Usyk vs. MchunuOn December 17, 2016, a 29-year old Oleksandr Usyk (10-0, 9 KO) faced South African boxer Thabiso Mchunu, who was 28 years old with a record of 17-2 in a cruiserweight title-defense fight. Mchunu was on a one-fight win streak with 11 KO wins. Usyk was the taller of the two by 11 cms and also had a 14 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Mchunu had two losses, both of which were via stoppage.
Usyk defeated Mchunu via 9th round TKO to retain the WBO cruiserweight title. He is now on a 11-fight winning streak.
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Krzysztof Głowacki
Fight page: Usyk vs. GłowackiOn September 17, 2016, in his 10th professional fight, a 29-year old Oleksandr Usyk (9-0, 9 KO) had his first world title fight against an undefeated Polish boxer Krzysztof Głowacki for Głowacki's WBO cruiserweight belt. Głowacki was 30 years old with a record of 26-0. Głowacki was on a 26-fight win streak with 16 KO wins. Usyk was the taller of the two by 8 cms and also had a 7 cm reach advantage.
Usyk defeated Głowacki via 12 round unanimous decision to win the WBO cruiserweight title. He handed Głowacki the first loss of his career, and put an end to Głowacki's 26-fight win streak. Usyk is now on a 10-fight winning streak.
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Pedro Rodriguez
On December 12, 2015, a 28-year old Oleksandr Usyk (8-0, 8 KO) fought Pedro Rodriguez in his 9th professional fight. He defeated Rodriguez via 7th round TKO. He is now on a nine-fight winning streak, with nine back-to-back KO wins.
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Johnny Muller
On August 29, 2015, a 28-year old Oleksandr Usyk (7-0, 7 KO) fought Johnny Muller in his 8th professional fight. He defeated Muller via 3rd round TKO. He is now on a eight-fight winning streak, with eight back-to-back KO wins.
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Andrey Knyazev
On April 18, 2015, a 28-year old Oleksandr Usyk (6-0, 6 KO) fought Andrey Knyazev in his 7th professional fight. He defeated Knyazev via 8th round TKO. He is now on a seven-fight winning streak, with seven back-to-back KO wins.
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Danie Venter
On December 13, 2014, a 27-year old Oleksandr Usyk (5-0, 5 KO) fought Danie Venter in his 6th professional fight. He defeated Venter via 9th round TKO. He is now on a six-fight winning streak, with six back-to-back KO wins.
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Daniel Bruwer
On October 4, 2014, a 27-year old Oleksandr Usyk (4-0, 4 KO) fought Daniel Bruwer in his 5th professional fight. He defeated Bruwer via 7th round TKO. He is now on a five-fight winning streak, with five back-to-back KO wins.
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Cesar David Crenz
On May 31, 2014, a 27-year old Oleksandr Usyk (3-0, 3 KO) fought Cesar David Crenz in his 4th professional fight. He defeated Crenz via 4th round KO. He is now on a four-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Ben Nsafoah
On April 26, 2014, a 27-year old Oleksandr Usyk (2-0, 2 KO) fought Ben Nsafoah in his 3rd professional fight. He defeated Nsafoah via 3rd round KO. He is now on a three-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Epifanio Mendoza
On December 7, 2013, a 26-year old Oleksandr Usyk (1-0, 1 KO) fought Epifanio Mendoza in his 2nd professional fight. He defeated Mendoza via 4th round TKO. He is now on a two-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Felipe Romero
On September 11, 2013, a 26-year old Oleksandr Usyk successfully debuted against Felipe Romero. He defeated Romero via 5th round TKO.
FAQs
How many KOs does Oleksandr Usyk have on his record?
Usyk has knocked out 13 of his 20 opponents so far. His KO ratio currently stands at 65%. Of his total 20 wins, 13 of them have been via KO (65%).