“Ukrainian boxer told about friendship”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
“Who taught me to be friends? Probably my father. The father was the military, he had few friends. I also had a few friends, I have many acquaintances and my friends didn’t.
Before the 2012 Olympics, I had the purpose of taking gold, I didn’t think about any other medal at all. Then I gave up everything, began to prepare. Many people then began to condemn, said that I realized, turned away from me. But it was their opinion, my opinion was only about the gold of the Olympiad. My goal was to improve my life, my family, ”Usik said.
Earlier, Alexander Usik’s wife, Kateryna, told how important the boxer is that she is present on every battle.