Along with being arguably the best fighter on the planet, Oleksandr Usyk is also one of the happiest and most likeable.
The two-weight world champion remains undefeated in the ring. He turned over after taking gold in the London Olympics in 2012, and by 2018 had beaten all comers to become the undisputed cruiserweight champion.
After that, he moved up to the banner division, settled in with wins over the likes of Derek Chisora, then stepped in with two-time unified champion Anthony Joshua.
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The Ukrainian was barely troubled across two 12-round fights and came out with three of the four world titles. After a stoppage win over Daniel Dubois in 2023, he beat Tyson Fury in May 2024 to become undisputed at heavyweight, then repeated the result in the rematch last December.
Speaking to DAZN, he was asked about one fighter he really disliked even after the final bell, and did not hesitate to answer.
“My weakness is I love people, I love my opponent. Only one of my opponents I don’t love. It’s Marco Huck. Bad guy, because this man says bad words about my mama. It’s bad.”
Usyk beat Huck in September 2017 in the quarter-final of the World Boxing Super Series to retain his WBO cruiserweight title.
The build-up contained some bad blood between the two men, helping to explain why Usyk may still not be fond of his former rival.
Later this month, the Ukrainian rematches Dubois with all four major belts on the line. Should he win, he will be the first man in boxing history to ever become a two-time undisputed heavyweight champion in the four belt era.
