His words were published in the Telegram channel "Politics of the country".
"I plan to box for a couple more years. And then there are such plans — to work for the state," he said.
Usyk is an undefeated Ukrainian professional boxer competing in the first heavyweight and heavyweight categories, Olympic champion in 2012.
In July 2025, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) ordered Usyk to fight mandatory challenger Joseph Parker from New Zealand and gave him 30 days to negotiate. The boxer's team requested a 90-day postponement, citing the athlete's back injury. At the same time, in August, a video appeared on social networks showing Usyk dancing. In the same month, he took part in a charity match. All this, according to the Ukrainians' team, did not indicate the boxer's readiness to enter the ring and did not contradict the doctors' recommendations. In September, the WBO extended the deadline for Usyk to negotiate a title defense.
In November, it became known that Usyk had renounced the WBO championship title. gazeta.ru.
