The coach did not want to see Usik in the gym anymore after the first sparring session

"I saw some people I knew near the school and asked: "Hey, where are you going?" And they said, "We're going to boxing practice. There's a new coach there doing daily sparring." And I grew up on the street, and it was important for me to have boxing skills to defend myself from bullies. During the first sparring session, I took a lot of punches to the face, my nose was bleeding. I say to the coach, "When is the next training session?" He says, "Actually the day after tomorrow. But I think you don't come to the gym anymore," said Usik in an interview with Mail Sport Boxing.