The undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk said that the actor, screenwriter and producer of the film “Creed-2” Sylvester Stallone offered him to play in this film. Usyk told about this on the TV channel "112 Ukraine". Usyk could not agree, because the shooting process coincided with his training camp for one of the battles.
In his last bout, which took place on November 10, Usyk knocked out Tony Bellew in the eighth round, thereby defending his WBC, WBO, WBA and IBF titles.