When lineal and unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk made an appearance at the Ring magazine awards Saturday in London, he was caught by a questioner as he appeared to be making his exit.
Usyk, seemingly eager to depart, was brief in his answers to Kugan Cassius of IFL TV, though he did give a detailed explanation of his footwear: a white shoe paired with a black sock on one foot and a black shoe over a white sock on the other.
And what of more important matters? Cassius, for instance, asked who would win a fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, both of whom Usyk has beaten twice. The fight, long intended as a battle for the undisputed heavyweight championship, remains intriguing as a matchup of recent losers. Fury is the more skilled all-around fighter, but his deteriorating chin would likely make him more vulnerable to Joshua’s concussive punches than would have been the case in 2021.
