After defeating Fury, Usik raised Hetman Mazepa's saber above his head (photo)
Original weapons from the collection of the historical museum in Chernigov.
Holder of the WBA, WBO, WBC and IBO heavyweight titles, absolute world boxing champion Alexander Usik, after defeating Tyson Fury in Saudi Arabia, raised Hetman Mazepa’s original saber above his head.
According to the director of the Chernigov Regional Historical Museum. V.V. Tarnovsky Maxim Blakitny, the saber belongs to the museum’s collections.
“Hetman Ivan Mazepa gave the saber to Captain Savich for his service. Subsequently, his descendants sold it to the collector of the collection of Ukrainian antiquities Vasily Tarnovsky. So it ended up in the collection of the Chernihiv Historical Museum,” Blakitny wrote on his Facebook page.
The unique artifact was seen by millions of viewers around the world. So the athlete…
