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January 27th, 2018. WBO Cruiserweight Champion Oleksandr Usyk aka “The Cat” (Олекса́ндр Олекса́ндрович У́сик) takes on WBC Cruiserweight Champion “The Latvian Punisher” Mairis Breidis in the semifinals of the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) Cruiserweight Tournament.
Both fighters were undefeated with a combined record of 36(29)-0 at this time.
Prefight records; Usyk 13(11)-0, Breidis 23(18)-0.
Going into the 2nd round of the WBSS tournament, the 33 year old Breidis had beaten top oppositions such as Olanrewaju Durodola, Manuel Charr, Marco Huck & Mike Perez while the 31 year old Usyk had notable wins over Krzysztof Glowacki, Marco Huck, Michael Hunter & Thabiso Mchunu.
It was a grueling affair for both fighters where fusillades after fusillades of blows were exchanged through 12 rounds which resulted in one of the Greatest Cruiserweight Fights of All Time.
In round 2, both fighters continued to trade after the 3:00 mark as the sound of the bell was barely audible due to the raucous cheers of the exhilarated crowd.
In round 3, timeout was called due to an accidental clash of heads.
In round 5, Breidis’s nose began to bleed badly from the accumulation of Usyk’s right jabs.
In round 6, Usyk went down as a result of a push from Breidis.
In round 12, both fighters rallied hard all the way until the final bell and left nothing on the table.
After 36 minutes of action, Oleksandr Usyk was crowned the Unified Cruiserweight World Champion via a razor close MD12 with scores of 115-113 (2x) & 114-114 holding both the WBC & WBO Cruiserweight Titles.
With this victory, Usyk improved his unblemished record to 14(11)-0 and advanced to the final stage of the WBSS.
Note: As of April 2023, this remained Usyk’s toughest fight to date.
“Those are the most difficult rounds I've had in my career, and we will work on the improvement of my style…"
- Oleksandr Usyk (Post fight interview)
By CompuBox Stats, Usyk landed 212 out of 848 punches (25%) while Briedis connected with 195 out of 579 (34%).
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