“A lot of people jumped into the pool.” Usyk trained during the earthquake in Turkey – preparing for the fight against Fury

“On February 6, 2023, Alexander was preparing for a fight with Tyson Fury. It was planned that their match, which will be at stake for the title of absolute world champion, will take place in London, at the famous Wembley football stadium. Then the fight was canceled – it was held as late as May 2024, but at the time of this story, Sashko was preparing to enter the ring against the British in a matter of weeks. We were in a camp in Turkey. There was training in the pool. They held their breath under water. Only Oleksandr and I were in the pool. There are three coaches on land.

Our task was to stay under water. One round is three minutes. And so 12 rounds. Already at the end of training, probably in the 12th round, when there was not much left to the end, suddenly we started to shake a lot. As if a lot of people jumped into the pool with a bomb. We waited until the end of the underwater round, Sashko gets up and scolds the trainers: What is going on here? Who is jumping here? What, you couldn’t say that the pool is fully booked? And in fact, it was the consequences of the infamous earthquake in Turkey and Syria,” Mitrofanova is quoted as saying by the Champion.

On February 6, 2023, a series of earthquakes rocked Turkey and Syria. They have become one of the most powerful and destructive in the last 100 years.

We will remind that Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson by split decision in May of last year, and in December, in the rematch, which took place in December 2024, he defeated Tyson by unanimous decision.

Earlier, the expert said that Usyk will stop the undefeated super heavyweight.