It's called a comforter. Or a lucky charm. It's as we want. Sometimes it hangs on your set of keys, other times you put it in your wallet. The Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk wears it around his neck. And he's very, very flashy. Because this talisman was given to him by his daughter. Nothing more precious, then.
WBA-WBO-IBF heavyweight champion, boxer Oleksandr “ cat » Usyk (37 years old, 1,91m, 21 wins, 0 losses) has just landed in Ryiad (Saudi Arabia). In sight, the fight of the year, on Saturday May 18, facing Tyson Fury (35 years old, 2,06m, 34 v., 1 draw, 0 defeat), WBC title holder. The overall winner of this clash will become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. The supreme title.
Usyk prepared in Valencia (Spain), Fury in England and then already last Saturday in Riyadh. But Oleksandr Usyk leaves a little ahead. A good thing in advance. What could this possibly be? A gift from his eldest daughter (he has four children). A stuffed toy ! A donkey with huge ears.
The boxer had already shown it in public for his victorious fight against the Englishman Anthony Joshua, in August 2022 in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). Enough to definitely make it a lucky charm.
« My daughter gave it to me as a talisman and said: 'She has to be right next to you.' So, she is always near me. » No reason for that to change between now and May 18. For this highly anticipated fight around the world.
