Īs an amateur, Usyk won gold medals at the 2011 World Championships and 2012 Olympics, both in the heavyweight division. With his victory over Joshua, Usyk became one of only three boxers to have unified the cruiserweight world titles and become a world heavyweight champion, joining Evander Holyfield and David Haye. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Ukrainian boxers of all time. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the unified WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight titles since defeating Anthony Joshua in September 2021 and the undisputed cruiserweight title from 2018 to 2019, being the first cruiserweight champion to hold all four major world titles.
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