WBC heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has met with Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky, calling Tyson Fury his ‘fats buddy’ forward of their rematch.
Oleksandr Usyk’s ‘Fats Buddy’
Oleksandr Usyk met up with the president of Ukraine this week, presenting Volodymyr Zelensky together with his championship belt after beating Tyson Fury in Might.
Usyk was the primary individual to ever cease Fury within the ring and the pair are set to go face to face once more, with a rematch going down on the twenty first of December in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Forward of their rematch later this yr, Usyk has already been taking part in thoughts video games with Fury and he was caught on digicam taking a jab at ‘the Gypsy King’ when speaking to the president.
Though Usyk struggles together with his English, he was capable of type a cheeky comment when speaking to Zelensky, saying: “That is the belt I took from my fats buddy in London. The unique belt, we would like it to stick with you. We labored for a very long time to get it.”
“That is the belt I took from my fats buddy in London”
Oleksandr Usyk just lately confirmed off his new WBC Heavyweight title to politicians in Ukraine. The rematch with Tyson Fury is now beneath 3 months away. pic.twitter.com/jQFzEtkaU9
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This wasn’t the primary time Zelensky and Usyk have met and the pair are thought of to be shut, after the president performed a significant position in getting his champion out of hassle when he was arrested earlier this month.
Zelensky launched an announcement after the arrest which learn: “I used to be outraged by this perspective in the direction of our citizen and champion. As quickly as I used to be knowledgeable that the whole lot is okay, our champion was launched and nobody is detaining him anymore.”
Usyk wasn’t in custody lengthy and was rapidly launched by the Polish authorities on Zelensky’s orders.
Each Fury and Usyk had been noticed collectively at Wembley final weekend, with the heavyweight giants watching on from ringside as Daniel Dubois flattened Anthony Joshua in a British conflict for the ages.
With the battle just below three months away, the pair will start their press conferences and media construct up for the rematch quickly and this was most likely the final time they change pleasantries till the conflict.