Mustache and hook fight today. Poster - fight Alexander Usyk vs. Marco Huck - World Boxing Super Series

Prehistory

Alexander Usik— born on January 17, 1987 (30 years old) in Simferopol, Crimean region, Ukrainian SSR, debuted in the professional ring on November 9, 2013.

His career record is 12 fights - 12 wins (10 wins by knockout) and no defeats. In total, the Ukrainian spent 83 rounds.

Height - 190 cm, weight -90 kg. The Ukrainian’s “nickname” is Cat, Wolf, Patriot to the tip of his hair..

Alexander Usik is a Ukrainian professional boxer, WBO world champion in the first heavy weight up to 90.7 kg. Olympic champion 2012, world champion 2011, European champion 2008, multiple champion of Ukraine among amateurs.

Honored Master of Sports of Ukraine. Leader of the heavyweight ranking according to AIBA 2011-2012.
Currently rated: WBC Rating Position: 5, WBA Rating Position: 14, WBO Rating Position: 1, IBF Rating Position: 12, BoxRec Rating Position: 1 (405 points). Winner of the championship title and WBO belt. On professional ring fought 12 fights, not a single defeat, 10 early victories.

Marco Huck— born November 11, 1984 (32 years old) in Ugao, Senica municipality, SR Serbia, debuted in the professional ring on November 7, 2004.

His career record is 45 fights, 40 wins (27 early victories), 4 losses, 1 draw. In total, the German spent 338 rounds.

Height - 188 cm, weight - 90 kg. The German’s “nickname” is Captain (German: Käpt’n).

Marco Huck is a German boxer of Bosnian origin, competing in the first heavy weight category - Cruiserweight. Title holder EBU-EU, IBF Inter-Continental, World Champion according to WBO 2009-2015, IBO 2016-2017. At the age of 16, he became the European kickboxing champion, and at the age of 18, he became the youngest kickboxing world champion among German teams. Marco made his debut in the professional boxing ring on November 7, 2004, immediately in the first heavyweight division. He fought 10 fights in a row, which he won by knockout. His significant rivals were such boxers as Alexander Povetkin (defeat), Denis Lebedev (victory), Mairis Briedis (defeat), Krzysztof Glowacki (defeat), Dmitry Kucher (victory) and other equally worthy opponents.

IN last battle, which took place on April 1, 2017, in the fight for the vacant WBC title, Marko lost to Mairis Briedis by unanimous decision with a score of 109-118 111-116 110-117 - lost the IBO belt (Briedis in the 1/4 finals of the WBSS tournament will fight against Cuban Mike Perez (22-2-1, 14 KOs). August 14, 2015 Hook was also defeated by Krzysztof Glowacki - Glowacki by knockdown in round 6. Hook was knocked down 2 times in round 11. Lost the world title WBO, Hook's 14th defense.

A year later, on September 17, 2016, Oleksandr Usyk defeated Glowacki with a score of 119-109 and 117-111 (twice).

Marco Huck is very experienced and strong boxer and there is no doubt that this fight will be very spectacular and interesting for both boxing fans and specialists.

Let us remind you that this fight will take place as part of the World Boxing Super Series - quarter finals.

The loser of this fight is guaranteed to receive 400 thousand dollars, the winner of the fight - twice as much.

Note that it is Alexander Usik who is considered the bookmakers’ favorite to win the tournament.

BC coefficient:

• Alexander Usik - 1.05
• Draw – 29.0
• Marco Huck - 9.00

10.09.2017, 00:57

Oleksandr Usyk defeated Marco Huck early in the tenth round

On Saturday, September 9, a fight took place in Berlin between Ukrainian boxer Alexander Usik and German Marco Huck. The result of the fight was not surprising. Oleksandr Usyk ended the meeting ahead of schedule.

Without any problems, he literally “dismantled” his opponent, although the fight can be called incredibly spectacular, since Marco Huck showed his resilience and literally miraculously “survived” until the tenth round.

Hook's attempts to reach his opponent were unsuccessful, since Usyk showed himself excellent not only in attack, but also in defense. The German also showed very dirty techniques, which, in principle, he is famous for - blows to the back of the head and back.

From the first round current champion world first heavyweight champion according to the WBO worked as number one in the ring. And after a brief “acquaintance” between the boxers in the ring, at the end of the third round, Alexander Usik carried out a brilliant series of blows, which could have ended in defeat for the German, but the gong saved him.

But after the first 30 seconds of the fourth, Marco Huck completely “floated” after several episodes of Usik, but the persistent German stood on his feet until the saving end of the third minute.

In the fifth and subsequent rounds, the Ukrainian felt that his opponent began to get tired and moved on to outright beating his opponent. Surprisingly, Hook stayed on his feet after accurate and powerful blows to both the face and body.

At the end of the eighth round, the Ukrainian slipped and fell into the ring, and the German, realizing his defeat, struck him with a blow, for which he was fined.

The tenth three-minute period became decisive in the fight. Usyk carried out a simply gorgeous series of punches, which ended with referee Robert Byrd stopping the fight.

Oleksandr Usyk - Marco Huck knockout video:

At stake in the fight, which took place in , was this world champion belt in the first heavyweight division according to the WBO version. However, Alexander Usik successfully “defended himself” and the champion title holder did not change.

The fight took place as part of the World Boxing Super Series - tournament best boxers first heavy weight. Fight - Marco Huck has the status of 1/4 finals of the World Boxing Super Series, the winner of which will be absolute champion world cruiserweight champion and Muhammad Ali Cup winner.

The fight between Alexander Usyk and Marco Huck received scandalous status long before it began. The boxers exchanged loud statements, trying to “prick” each other.

The opening fight of WBO heavyweight world champion Alexander Usik at the WBSS World Boxing Super Series tournament against German Mark Huck will take place on September 9 in Berlin.

Korrespondent.net will conduct an online broadcast of the Usyk - Hook fight. Approximate start time - 23:00 Kyiv time.

The Usik-Hook fight will be the thirteenth in the Ukrainian’s career. Usik won all previous fights, knocking out his opponents in ten cases.

Text broadcast

Thank you for being with the Correspondent. Until we meet again, cheer for us!

Usik thanks Ukrainians for their support. He says it was a beautiful fight.

Usik’s wife and mother appear in the ring. The Ukrainian wins by technical knockout! Championship title WBO protected, Usyk continues to fight for the others.

For a whole minute Usyk simply beat the German. A confident victory for the Ukrainian champion and he reaches the semi-finals of the boxing super series. Usik is her main favorite.

ROUND 9. Side blows come from Usyk. The German exploded at the end, he is still dangerous, even though he has already been knocked out.

ROUND 8 Hook simply runs away from Usyk’s attacks. The German missed a lot. In one of the attacks, the Ukrainian slipped, Hook tried to take advantage of this, and the referee deducted a point from him for hitting the Ukrainian who had crouched on his knee.

ROUND 7 Usik tries to work on Hook's head while the German is helped by a block, but the Ukrainian sometimes bypasses him too.

ROUND 6 The next round is for the Ukrainian, he is playing with his opponent, but he needs to maintain concentration.

ROUND 5 Usyk went to finish off from the first seconds of the round, serial work, multi-punch combinations. A Ukrainian teases his opponent. Hook stands completely still, periodically tries to counterattack, but is very straightforward. The German gets tired, but does not fall.

ROUND 4 It’s very hard for Huku, he can’t keep up with Usik’s attacks at all. A hail of blows from the Ukrainian, Hook misses a lot, but is still on his feet. How long?

ROUND 3 Usyk started working and Hook immediately had problems. Powerful blows from the Ukrainian, Hook is saved only by the ropes and the gong. The German begins to get lost.

ROUND 2 Hook is motionless in the fight. Towards the end of the round, he provoked the Ukrainian and Usyk began to work more actively. But so far there have been no serious hits. The champion needs to increase the pace.

ROUND 1 Alexander is still looking closely. The hook showed that he would not hesitate to be rude, hitting the Ukrainian in the back of the head. The antennae is more mobile.

THE FIGHT HAS STARTED!

Hook is two years older than our champion. The German has 45 fights in the professional ring, 40 wins, 4 losses, one draw. Usik has only 12 fights behind him, but not a single defeat.

There are enough Ukrainian fans in Berlin, support is guaranteed for Usik.

The anthems of Germany and Ukraine are played.

Usik appears in the hall to the Ukrainian song "Brothers". For some reason, the ring announcer said that Usik is from Kyiv, but we all know that he is from the Ukrainian Simferopol.

The first to emerge is the challenger, Hook, who will fight today in his native Berlin. The German comes out to the song of Michael Jackson.

Everything is ready for the show to start! We are waiting for the boxers in the ring.

“An interesting fight awaits us. Usik will win. This is my friend, we train a lot together, we started as amateurs. Forecast? I think it will be a knockout in the 8-9 round,” says Usik’s friend Vasily Lomachenko.

Marco Huck faced the Ukrainians twice during his career. First in May 2009 he TKO in the fifth round he defeated Vitaly Rusal, after which he defeated Dmitry Kucher by unanimous decision in November last year.

In his previous fight, Alexander Usik defeated American Michael Hunter in Maryland on April 8 of this year - by unanimous decision.

Good evening. In less than an hour, Usyk and Hook will enter the ring, let’s watch the fight together.

During the traditional duel of glances, Hook pushed Usik away. Later, the German said that with an aggressive gesture he wanted to show that the opponent was on his territory.

Usyk did not answer Hook, but is confident of his victory over his opponent.

“I will bury Hook on Saturday. If you want to be a great champion, you have to beat the best, and Marco is one of the best. I chose this tournament because it is the path to achieving the dream of unifying all the belts. There is a Muhammad Ali trophy. We were born on the same day and I admire Ali because he is the biggest role model in boxing. I will thank God if I win a trophy with his name,” the official website of the World Boxing Super Series quotes Usik as saying.

According to bookmakers, the Ukrainian boxer is considered the clear favorite in the fight. Thus, the bookmaker company bwin accepts bets on the victory of Alexander Usik with a coefficient of 1.07, but on the success of Hook - 8.0. Bookmakers almost don’t believe in a draw – they accept bets on the “world” with odds of 34.0.

A total of 16 boxers are taking part in the tournament - 8 in each weight categories. If Usik wins, he will meet in the semi-finals with the winner of the pair Maris Briedis (Latvia) - Mike Perez (Cuba). The winner of the tournament will receive the Muhammad Ali Cup, as well as all championship belts.