Alexander Usik: “At such moments I asked my wife to hit me”

On July 19, there will be a fight for the title of the absolute champion of the world in the heavyweight weight (more than 90.7 kg) – Ukrainian boxer Alexander Usyk will meet the ring in the ring. (23-0, 14 KO) and British Daniel Duba (22-2, 21 KOs).

At one of the press conferences, Usyk told how he spent time after Tyson Fury in revenge in December last December:

“After a fight with Fury, I only took two weeks of rest. He returned to Spain with his team, ran, went on horseback and sailed, but it was not enough. I trained carefully. He was engaged in fitness, these were regular but difficult workouts. He also boxed with the shadow.

Then I returned home and continued to train constantly – Sunday was the only day off to pray in the church. Every time I passed the mirror, I took a boxing rack and boxed with a shadow: Bach, Bach, Bach and moved to another position.

Sometimes my wife passed by, and at such moments I told her, “I hit me, I am!” But she just kissed me so that I fell silent and stopped, ”Usik remembered.