Usik sensationally lost to an American boxer. Details of the fight with the two-time world champion have become known – Boxing/MMA
Two-time world welterweight boxing champion, IBF title holder (from 2013 to 2014) and WBC title (from 2018 to 2019) Shawn Porter I remembered how I won in 2006 Alexandra UsikaSports.kz reports with reference to Obozrevatel.com.
At the time, both were in their 20s and in the early stages of their amateur careers.
Porter said in his podcast The PorterWay that he was able to beat Usyk, despite his superior size. At the same time, the 37-year-old American clarified that no footage of the fight was preserved.
“Now my height is about 170 cm. Then I was about the same, unlike Usik. The Ukrainian was not as tall as he is now – somewhere around 183 cm. With a weight of 75 kg, he looked thin. In those days we had a scoring system where three of the five judges pressed a button at the same time to record the points. In amateur boxing it was…
