WORLD BOXING COUNCIL

Jose Sulaimán WBC HONORARY POSTHUMOUS LIFETIME PRESIDENT (+)

Mauricio Sulaimán WBC PRESIDENT

WBC STATS

WBC / WBA / IBF / WBO CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE CHAMPIONSHIP

(WBSS) WORLD BOXING SUPER SERIES FINAL

OLIMPIYSKIY

MOSCOW, RUSSIA

JULY 21, 2018

TV: ITV BOX OFFICE

THIS WILL BE THE WBC’S 2, 013 CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE FIGHT IN

THE FIFTY-FIVE YEAR HISTORY OF THE WBC

SAUERLAND EVENT, PRESENTS:

OLEKSANDR USYK MURAT GASSIEV (UKRAINE) (RUSSIA)

WBC/WBO Champion WBA/IBF Champion

DATE OF BIRTH: JANUARY 17, 1987

PLACE OF BIRTH: KIEV, UKRAINE

RESIDENCE: KIEV, UKRAINE

RECORD: 14-0-0, 11 KO’S

KO’s: 79 %

GUARD: SOUTHPAW

TOTAL ROUNDS: 105

WORLD TITLES FIGHTS: 5 (5-0-0)

MANAGER: EGIS KLIMAS

PROMOTER: ALEKSANDER KRASSYUK

DATE OF BIRTH: OCTOBER 12, 1993

PLACE OF BIRTH: VLADIKAVKAZ, RUSSIA

RESIDENCE: BIG BEAR, CALIFORNIA

RECORD: 26-0-0, 19 KO’S

KO’s: 70 %

GUARD: ORTHODOX

TOTAL ROUNDS: 120

WORLD TITLES FIGHTS: 3 (3-0-0)

TRAINER: ABEL SANCHEZ

PROMOTER: URAL BOXING PROMOTIONS

WBC´S CRUISERWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONS

NAME PERIODO CHAMPION

1. MARVIN CAMEL (US) 1980

2. CARLOS DE LEON (P. RICO) 1980 – 1982

3. S.T. GORDON (US) 1982 - 1983

4. CARLOS DE LEON (P. RICO) * 1983 - 1985

5. ALFONZO RATLIFF (US) 1985

6. BERNARD BENTON (US) 1985 - 1986

7. CARLOS DE LEON (P. RICO) * 1986 - 1988

8. EVANDER HOLYFIELD (US) 1988

9. CARLOS DE LEON (P. RICO) * 1989 - 1990

10. MASSIMILIANO DURAN (ITALY) 1990 - 1991

11. ANACLET WAMBA (FRA) 1991 - 1995

12. MARCELO DOMINGUEZ (ARG) 1995 - 1998

13. JUAN CARLOS GOMEZ (CUBA-GERMANY) 1998 - 2002

14. WAYNE BRAITHWAITE (GUYANA) 2002 - 2005

15. JEAN-MARC MORMECK (FRANCE) 2007

16. O’NEIL BELL (US) 2006 - 2007

17. JEAN MARC MORMECK (FRANCE) * 2007

18. DAVID HAYE (GB) 2007 - 2008

19. GIACOBBE FRAGOMENI (ITALY) 2008 - 2009

20. ZSOLT ERDEI (HUNGARY) 2008 – 2010

21. KRZYSTOF WLODARCZYK (POLAND) 20010 – 2014

22. GRIGORY DROZD (RUSSIA) 2014 – 2015

23. TONY BELLEW (GB) 2016-2017

24. MAIRIS BRIEDIS (LATVIA) 2017 – 2018

25. OLEKSANDR USYK (UKRAINE) 2018 -

* REGAINED

WBC´S CRUISERWEIGHT TOP TEN CHAMPIONS

1. EVANDER HOLYFIELD (US)

2. ZSOLT ERDEI (HUNGARY)

3. JUAN CARLOS GOMEZ (CUBA-GERMANY)

4. KRZYSTOF WLODARCZYK (POLAND)

5. TONY BELLEW (GB)

6. CARLOS DE LEON (P. RICO)

7. WAYNE BRAITHWAITE (GUYANA)

8. GRIGORY DROZD (RUSSIA)

9. ANACLET WAMBA (FRANCE)

10. JEAN MARC MORMECK (FRANCE)

GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE CRUISERWEIGHT DIVISION IN THE

HISTORY OF THE WBC

19 WORLD CHAMPIONS RECOGNIZED BY THE WBC

OF WHICH 2 HAS REGAINED THEIR TITLE:

CARLOS DE LEON (P. RICO) THREE TIMES

JEAN MARC MORMECK (FRANCE) TWO TIMES

72 WORLD TITLE BOUTS HAVE BEEN HELD IN THE HISTORY OF THE WBC

THIS WILL BE THE 6th. TITLE FIGHT IN RUSSIA IN THE HISTORY OF THE WBC AND

THE 4th IN THE CRUISERWEIGHT DIVISION

10/12/2006 OLEG MASKAEV - PETER OKHELLO DEC 12 MOSCOW HE

08/09/2012 VITALI KLITSCHKO - MANUEL CHARR TKO 4 MOSCOW HE

21/06/2013 WLODARCZYK VS. CHAKHKIEV TKO 8 MOSCOW CR

27/09/2014 GRIGORY DROZD - KRZYSTOF WLODARCZYK UD 12 MOSCOW CR

22/05/2015 GRIGORY DROZD - LUKASZ JANIK TKO 9 MOSCOW CR

WORLD CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE BOUTS BY COUNTRY IN WBC HISTORY

US 20

GERMANY 12

FRANCE 11

ITALY 8

ARGENTINA 4

POLAND 4

ENGLAND 5

RUSSIA 3

LATVIA 2

MONACO 1

YUGOSLAVIA 1

AUSTRALIA 1

TOTAL 72

WORLD CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE BOUTS BY CITIES IN WBC HISTORY

ATLANTIC CITY 3

AUGSBURG 1

BERCY 1

BERGAMO 1

BIARRITZ 1

BUENOS AIRES 1

BYDGOSZCZ 1

CAMPIONE D'ITALIA 1

CAPO D´ORLANDO 1

CHICAGO 1

CLEVELAND 1

DORTMUND 1

DUSSELDORF, 1

ESSEM 1

FERRARA 1

FRANKFURT 1

GIARDINI NAXOS 1

GUALEYGUACHU 1

HAMBURG 2

KIEL 1

LAS VEGAS 7

LE CANNET 1

LEVALLOIS 5

LIVERPOOL 1

LODZ 1

LONDON 2

LUEBECK 3

MAR DEL PLATA 1

MERSEYSIDE 1

MIAMI 1

MILAN 1

MONTECARLO 1

MOSCOW 3

NEUSS 1

NEW ORLEANS 1

NEW YORK 2

OAKLAND 1

PALERMO 1

PARIS 3

RIGA 2

PERTH 1

ROMA 1

RUTHERFORD 1

SALTA 1

SAN JOSE 1

SHEFFIELD 1

SPLIT 1

WARSAW 1

WORCESTER 1

WROCLAW 1

TOTAL 72