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 Pal’
Oleksandr Usyk met up with the president of Ukraine this week, presenting Volodymyr Zelensky along with his championship belt after beating Tyson Fury in Could.
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 12 months, 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 along with his English, he was in a position to 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 lately confirmed off his new WBC Heavyweight title to politicians in Ukraine. The rematch with Tyson Fury is now underneath 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-about to be shut, after the president performed a serious position in getting his champion out of bother when he was arrested earlier this month.
Zelensky launched a press release after the arrest which learn: “I used to be outraged by this angle in the direction of our citizen and champion. As quickly as I used to be knowledgeable that every part 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 have 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 struggle slightly below three months away, the pair will start their press conferences and media construct up for the rematch quickly and this was in all probability the final time they trade pleasantries till the conflict.
