Oleksandr Usyk shows true colours by rewarding Olympic champion with cash gift

The Ukrainian heavyweight prima - who is presently preparing for his rematch with rival Tyson Fury - has erstwhile again showed his people with a touching gesture

Heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk has erstwhile again showed he's each people aft gifting Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Khyzhniak a whopping $100,000.

Ahead of the Olympic Games successful Paris backmost successful the summer, Usyk pledged to springiness currency rewards to Ukrainian boxers who won medals and Khyzhniak, 29, went connected to decision Nurbek Oralbay of Kazakhstan 3-2 successful the middleweight last to triumph gold. Speaking connected the triumph successful the French capital, helium said: “I’m ecstatic. Since I was a lad I’ve dreamed of being connected this measurement of the podium.”

The 29-year-old added: “Since getting the metallic medal successful Tokyo to this day, and yet getting the gold, I person worked truthful hard. But I’ve done it. It’s a golden medal for Ukraine.” The Olympic sensation - who was the lone Ukrainian to triumph a medal successful boxing successful Paris - precocious paid a sojourn to Usyk's grooming campy successful Spain up of the 37-year-old's blockbuster rematch with Tyson Fury adjacent month.

Khyzhniak received the promised reward for his triumph successful Paris, pocketing $100,000. The currency acquisition was transferred to a idiosyncratic paper issued by Ready To Pay - a outgo work which was acceptable up by Usyk's team. Khyzhniak's bully luck didn't halt there, though. The middleweight prima signed a practice with the Ready To Fight level - who volition oversee the boxer's career, focusing connected idiosyncratic marque development, promotion, and sponsorship opportunities.

Speaking astir the classy gesture, Usyk said: “The Olympic champion is successful my campy and, arsenic I promised earlier the Olympic Games, $100,000 has been credited to his Ready To Pay card. This is lone the opening of what we tin execute together. For me, Olympic golden has ever been and volition ever stay the astir important accomplishment of my career, adjacent much truthful than becoming an undisputed champion successful nonrecreational boxing.

"That’s wherefore the Ready To Fight squad and I are committed to supporting the improvement of amateur boxing. We privation boxing to stay successful the Olympics, to beryllium managed transparently and efficiently, and escaped from corruption. I’m thrilled to invited Oleksandr Khyzhniak to our team."

With conscionable implicit a period to spell until the mouthwatering sequel betwixt Usyk and Fury, the Ukrainian's grooming campy for the contention is already well-underway. The 37-year-old volition beryllium looking to spell 2-0 up successful the bid aft defeating 'The Gypsy King' via divided determination backmost successful May.

However, up of the rematch, Fury has issued a informing to his upcoming opponent. Speaking astatine the motorboat property conference, the Brit said: "We've got to enactment that down us, what happened successful the fight. I person to beryllium a small spot much focused and a small spot much astute to get the victory. I ever extremity up knocking them retired successful the rematch. Whoever I've faced much than once, I've ended up knocking them retired successful the rematch."