Oleksandr Usyk gained the World Boxing Affiliation (WBA) Boxer of the Month award after his victory final week over Daniel Dubois on the Stadion Wrocław in Poland.
The WBA August rankings are already revealed within the corresponding part of the online portal and with them the person awards for the eighth month of the yr. Along with Usyk, Otar Eranosyan was additionally acknowledged with the Honorable Point out.
Usyk knocked out Dubois within the ninth spherical after a battle wherein he needed to work arduous and recuperate from a low blow to win. It was the second protection for the Ukrainian, who is likely one of the finest pound-for-pound fighters on the earth as we speak and stays on the prime of his sport.
For his half, Eranosyan defeated Roger Gutierrez by knockout final August 9 in Florida throughout their tremendous featherweight eliminator battle. The Georgian survived an early knockdown however was in a position to overwhelm the Venezuelan and take a convincing win regardless of that.
The group congratulates each fighters for his or her nice performances in the course of the month of August and invitations all these considering checking the rankings to take action on the WBA official web site.