Usyk will play for the team of the First League

WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) will make his big football debut. Usyk will play for Polesie Zhytomyr, playing in the First League, at the Winter Cup 2022 off-season tournament, which will be held in Belek, Turkey, from February 3 to 12. Veres, Chornomorets and Metalist Kharkiv will also take part in the tournament.

“Friends, hello everyone. My name is Oleksandr Usyk, and I will make my debut for the Polesie team of the First League. On February 3, I will make my debut for this team in Turkey. Winter Cup 2022. Boxing for everyone, and then football,” Usyk said in a commercial.

In the first match of the Winter Cup 2022, Polesie will play with Veres.