The World Boxing News is watching thirteen boxers who have won Oleksandr Usyk’s unbeatable two -level champion.

Usyk is the number one box and a pound for the pound of the king. The Broad Ukrainian has never tried a failure in a professional ring. However, in the early years, Uyk was not impossible to overcome as today, when he fought for a comfortable weight class.

He covered at least fifteen losses as an amateur in over a hundred duels, winning bronze at the European Championships in 2006 to start the medal.

These reversions included double defeats with two opponents and losses of at least eleven others, one of the former weight master, Shawn Porter in medium weight. Porter’s defeat led to the lack of qualifying for the 2007 World Championships.

Since 2008, Usyk has focused on global heavyweight awards, which turned out to be a masterful. He won his first significant gold at the World Championships in 2011 in Baku.

After losing to the former champion of the undisputed heavyweight champion Artur Beterbaver in 2007, the Utyk dual for this defeat. However, one hostile managed to stop on it, there was an average weight [Matt] Matvey Korobov.

These failures, no matter how painful, shaped Usyk into a master who is today and put him able to win the Olympic gold medal in London 2012.

His significant recognition is needed, the Usyk Run lasted sixteen years. The last time he tried the losses, he took place at the 2009 World Championships. In the semi -finals, Usyk lost points to Egor Mekhontseva. Mechonstev finally won gold at the same Olympics in a great heavyweight division.

From the time the professionals were lost, Usyk has been indescribable. Two -time winner of the Ring magazine, Utyk became the undisputed massive and unquestionable champion.

His boxing record is 23-0, 14 KO. He took the heavyweight title from Anthony Joshua and defended him three times, once against AJ and twice against Tyson Fury.

Comparisons between Usyk and Evander Holyfield intensify in terms of older rates. However, like Holyfield, Uyk never had it all.

Below WBN looks at Usyk’s reversal in the order in which they took place.

Losses of Usyk

Sergey Sklyarov – [June 2005, Saku Suurhall, Tallinn, Estonia]

Less than a month after the debut, as an average weight in 2005, Usyk lost points with Skylarov in Estonia. What makes the failure really open the eyes is that Usyk, only 18 years aged, was the only Amateur Victory of Sklyarov.

Lukasz Wawrzyczek – – [November 2005, Leszno, Poland]

Wawrzyczek won the divided decision about Usyk in the international match of Ukraine vs. Polish. The victory occurred after Wawrzekk at first fought to find an opponent and hardly fought.

In 2024 he explained BBC How the fight happened.

“I was called to represent Poland, but the coach of the Polish national team told me:” I’m sorry, Lukasz, but they don’t have any member in your weight section. I was a welterweight, but they were [the Ukrainian Team] He said: “Oh, we have an 18 -year -old boy in the middleweight department. Do you want to fight him? It was Oleksandr Usyk.

“He was already a European junior champion. He was much larger than me, but I said,” Yes, why not, let’s fight “and we. I won the third round and fight. “

Wawrzyczek changed the pro nine months after the fight against Usyk. He liked an eight -year career, but he managed to win national titles during his run between 160 and 168 pounds.

Omer Aydogan – [February 2006 – Debrecen, Hungary]

Aydogan from Turkey defeated Usyk at points to win the Bocskai Memorial 2006 final. There is no evidence that Aydogan became a professional after a mixed bag of amateur results.

Mohamed Hikal – – [May 2006, Istanbul, Turkey and October 2006, Baku, Azerbaijan]

One of only two boxers who won more than one victory over UTYKA, Hikal won the Ahmet Comert tournament in 2006 26-11, before he gained a sensational victory 17-8, using all his experience at the World Championships in 2006.

Like Aydogan, Hikal has never become a professional. He defeated Usyk six months after a similar victory over another former pound king for pounds, Gennadiy Golovkin.

Matt Korobov – – [July 2006, Plovdiv, Bulgaria and October 2006, Baku]

Korobov is the second and last opponent who won two wins over Usyk. He is also the only pigilist who stopped Usyk from hearing the last bell.

Unlike Hikal, Korobov lost to “GGG” before three years later he fell into Usyk. In the third round he stopped Usyk at the semi -final stage of EABA European EABA championship. Four months later, in the same tournament as Hikal, Korobov defeated Usyk at points. He beat Hikal to an opportunity before he overcome Emilio Correa in the medium weight final.

The Russians from Florida changed the professional in 2008 and enjoyed a six -year undefeated run, then lost to Andy Lee about the title of WBO Middle Wweight. Despite the mini-revision loss with Jermall Charlo, Chris Eubank Jr. And Ronald Ellis ended his career during a pandemic.

Shawn Porter – – [December 2006, Harvey, United States]

The most surprising name on the list is the former IBF and WBC Shawn Porter welterweight master. What looks like a colossal mismatch that actually took place in the Harvey Boxing Club during the USA vs. Ukraine International. Porter was then an average weight before he went downstairs, when changing the professional and enjoying the Hall of Fame career.

After four rounds from Usyk, Porter lost on two cards of the results of judges. Leonid Loivskyy Carded for Utyk 19-11, while Allan Stockdale on the Ukrainian side 38-36. Unfortunately, for Oleksandr Usyk, the American judge Zachary Teenage shot such a wide shooting for a porter at the age of 39-22 that it was enough to influence the result of America 23-20.

Battle Rommer – – [May 2007, Ahmet Comert Sport Hall, Istanbul, Turkey]

Kamara managed to see the 17-15 decision over the Utyk during the preliminary Ahmet Comert tournaments in 2007. Usyk finally realized that he had to raise weight, but he still couldn’t understand the decision.

Artur Beterbiev – – [August 2007, Kaliningrad, Russia]

Fighting with Usyk in his homeland, the future champion of massive lithe Beterbiev scored nearly 12-10 triumphs over the UTY during Amber Gloves in 2007. Russia versus Ukraine International. Usyk would have to wait five years for revenge, which appeared on the largest stage at the Olympic Games in 2012. Usyk defeated Beterbaview in the quarter -finals on his way to gold.

Beterbiev has become one of the most terrified boxers in boxing and still has a one hundred percent knockout indicator.

Viktar zueu – – [March 2008, Pescara, Italy]

On the way to qualifying for the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, Utyk lost to ZueU in the European Olympic final in 2008. His performance in the tournament is enough to guarantee a place in the Ukrainian team. However, Usyk lost in the Olympic quarter -finals to the Italian Clemente Russo, the same man who knocked out Zueu in the first round.

Xiaoping Zhang – – [June 2008, Istanbul, Turkey]

As part of another Ahmet Comert tournament, Utyk lost 14-5 [in the final] For Zhang, the final gold medalist with water, massive in London, in a sultry -up for games in 2012.

Russian Clement – – [August 2008, Beijing, China]

Then the defeat of Russo for Usyk appeared. An experienced master defeated Usyk and Deontay Wilder when he demands gold at a workers’ gymnasium. Again, four years later, in London, Usyk avenged this loss, winning the most essential part of precious metal in amateur sport.

Osmay Acosta – – [December 2008, Moscow, Russia]

A few months after his Olympic disappointment, Usyk faced the Cuban Osmay Acosta in the World Cup final in 2008. Only a few months earlier, Usyk defeated Acosta and was a favorite to win. This time Acosta took loot and title.

Egor Mechonsev – – [September 2009, Milan, Italy]

Finally, the last man who defeated him in 2009 was Egor Mekhontsev. Usyk was on a nine -month unbeaten heart when he fell into the Russian amateur Southpaw during the World Amateur Championships semi -finals in 2009.

Mechonstev won 14-10 a turning point for his career. After this loss, Usyk was adamant that he never lost another fight.

Like Usyk, Mekhonstev became the Olympic champion at the London Games, this time at 81 kg, before he became a professional in the United States a year later. He fought with 14 professionals and never lost, but unlike the Usyk title, the title of world champion escaped.

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