Known today for the whole world Ukrainian boxerUsik Alexander was born on January 17, 1987 in Simferopol. He studied at school number 34. In one class with a boxer gnawed granite science and his future wife. Now Usik is the Olympic champion in 2012 in the weight category up to 91 kg, the world champion among fans of 2011 and the champion of Europe 2006 and 2008. He also holds the titles of the champion of Ukraine and the Honored Master of Sports of Ukraine.
Remembering Alexander's childhood, his mother HopePetrovna says that in three years his son started serious health problems. Then he chilled the lungs, the boy discovered the first stage of tuberculosis. He was tortured up to six years. One doctor advised parents to change the climate. The family decided to move to motherland - in the village of Rybotin, Chernihiv region.
And then Usik Alexander went to the firstclass. He wasted only two weeks, then spent a year in the hospital. Doctors strictly forbade the boy to engage in physical education, but he still ran around the hospital, ignoring the directions. After discharge, Usik actively engaged in sports: every day he played football, basketball, volleyball and even swam in the Desna. Alexander says that only at the age of 11 the disease completely receded. Now he has ceased to be afraid of bronchitis, pneumonia and even tuberculosis. The boxer is sure that he could survive only through sport and faith in the Lord.
Alexander discovered boxing for himself rather late.Only at the age of fifteen he decided to devote his life to this sport. Usik says that many were skeptical of his decision to become a boxer, but he did not stop dreaming of winning the Olympics. Ten years it took Usiku to first climb the gold pedestal.
The first coach of the boxer Sergei Lapin said thatwhen Sasha came to him to enroll in the section, then before him stood a skinny boy with a far from boxing physique. This is now he - the world famous athlete Usik Alexander, and before he did not want to take any sports club. Already from the first training the young guy impressed the coach with his ability to defend himself. This, in the opinion of the first coach, allowed Usik to win such strong sparring later.
After the end of the Lviv stateUniversity of Physical Culture at different championships began to appear more often Usik Alexander. Growth, weight (190 cm, 90 kg) and great boxing talent allowed the soldier to take part in the European Championships. Then, in 2006, he managed to reach the semifinals, in which he was not able to defeat the Russian Matvei Korobov.
2008 was more favorable fora young boxer: he won the Strange Cup in Bulgaria. In the same year Usik Alexander won the European Championships and soon became a silver medalist at the World Cup. Already in 2009, at the World Championship, the boxer lost the fight to Russian Egor Mehontsev, receiving a bronze medal.
In February 2008, the Olympic Committee sentAntennae in Roseto degli Abruzzi as a replacement for Denis Poyazicy. This time, he managed to defeat world-class boxers, among them Azerbaijani Elshan Alizade and Briton Danny Price. This allowed him to participate in the 2008 Olympic Games. Alexander was able to win in the first two rounds, but the title of Olympic champion boxer got a little later.
In 2012, the victory at the Olympic Games after allscored by Usik Alexander. Photos and videos of an unbeaten victory over the Italian boxer Clemente Russo dispersed around the world. In addition, the Ukrainian struck his fans with a gopak, which he danced after the final match.
The contract with the WSB (World Series Boxing) was another step in the career of a promising boxer. Now Usik stands for the club "Ukrainian Atamans".
The highest level of skill Usik allowed him in2013 to sign a contract with the world-famous company Klitschko K2 Promotions. He received several proposals from promoters, giants, but the boxer decided not to leave Ukraine, in which all his relatives live.
November 9, 2013 - the day of the first victory of the fighter onprofessional ring. His rival Felipe Romero in the fourth round went down and refused to continue the fight. The whole country is proud of the fact that the winner is Usik Alexander.
The biography of the boxer in 2015 was addedone bright date. April 18, he defended the title intercontinental champion in the WBO cruiserweight title, defeating Russian Andrei Knyazev in the eighth round. Today Usik is one of the best boxers in the world, and, perhaps, over time, he will be able to beat the Klitschko brothers themselves.
