Ukraine have once again continued their tradition of success in amateur boxing at the highest level in the amateurs.
That’s at the Olympics. In recent times the likes of Oleksandr Usyk and Vasyl Lomachenko came from big amateur back grounds.
Add the name now Oleksandr Khyzniak to the list who captured Gold at light-heavyweight in the final of the 2024 Olympics — here’s the full fight:
The Klitschko’s also came from a strong background in the Olympics.
The latest new boxing star from Ukraine has now been born with the above.
It will be interesting to see if he goes pro or not in the coming months.
No doubt the likes of Top Rank who love to sign Eastern Europeans and Asians from the Olympics and amateur high level tournaments will be scouting the above.
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