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Aleksandr Usyk and Murat Gassiev entertained a big crowd at Tuesday’s public workout in Moscow.
Usyk, however, did surprisingly not do any of the usual skipping, shadow boxing or pad work, but instead waved and bowed in front of the hundreds of fans at the Oceania Shopping Mall.
By Jim Dower: Okeksandr Usyk (14-0, 11 KOs) had a really difficult tie last Saturday night in barely beating WBC cruiserweight champion Mairis Briedis (23-1, 18 KOs) by a 12 round majority decision in Riga, Latvia.
By Jim Dower: WBC/WBO cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (14-0, 11 KOs) will have a little less than 4 months to wait to face the winner of the February 3 semifinals fight between Yunier “KO Doctor’ Dorticos and Murat Gassiev to meet one of them in the finals of the World Boxing Super Series [WBSS] tournament on May 11 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
By Allan Fox: Mairis Briedis (23-1, 18 KOs) says he wants a rematch with WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk (14-0, 11 KOs) after losing to him by a 12 round majority decision on Saturday night at the Riga Arena in Riga, Latvia. Briedis lost his WBC cruiserweight title in the defeat in the semifinals of the World Boxing Super Series [WBSS] tournament.
By Jim Dower: Using his high work rate, the taller WBO cruiserweigh champion Olesandr Usyk (14-0, 11 KOs) outworked previously undefeated WBC cruiserweight belt holder Mairis Briedis (23-1, 18 KOs) to beat him by a 12 round majority decision in their semifinals fight in the World Boxing Super Series on Saturday night at the Riga Arena in Riga, Latvia.
By Jeff Aranow: WBO cruiserweight champion Oleksander Usyk (13-0, 11 KOs) weighed in at 199.3 pounds on Friday afternoon for his semifinals match in the World Boxing Super Series on Saturday night against WBC Mairis Briedis (23-0, 18 KOs) for their fight at the Riga Arena in Riga, Latvia.
By Allan Fox: Oleksandr Usyk (13-0, 11 KOs) says he plans on making it entertaining for the fans tonight in his unification fight against Mairis Briedis in the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) at the Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia.