‘I will smoke him easy' – Oleksandr Usyk called out by 20st powerhouse who left Ukrainian ‘bleeding everywhere'
SMOKE SHOW 'I will smoke him easy' – Oleksandr Usyk called out by 20st powerhouse who left Ukrainian 'bleeding everywhere'
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OLEKSANDR USYK has received a chilling warning from one of his former sparring partners, who claims he left him a bloody mess after some hard rounds.
The undefeated Ukrainian further etched his name into the boxing history books last month with a stunning stoppage of Brit Daniel Dubois at Wembley.
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Oleksandr Usyk became a two-time undisputed heavyweight champion last month
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The Ukrainian sensationally stopped Daniel Dubois to further etch his name into the history books
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Former sparring partner Martin Bakole reckons he's got the beating of the pound-for-pound king
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Usyk's fifth-round KO of Triple D saw him become a two-time undisputed ruler of the heavyweight division and THREE-TIME undisputed champion.
Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and Dubois have all failed to get the better of Usyk in their combined SIX cracks at the slick southpaw.
But former sparring partner Martin Bakole insists he's got the beating of the Olympian.
Recalling their spars in an interview with Seconds Out, the Congolese clubber said: "To be honest, Usyk knows himself, every time I go there to spar him I always give him trouble.
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"They only give me two rounds. That two rounds is hell. He knows.
"When I was sparring the first time, I was giving him a hard time, he starts shouting, went mad, jumped out of the ring, started shouting at his coach.
"I never said this before but ask his team, they know, he was bleeding everywhere. And that was the first time.
'They called me again in Dubai, and I only did two rounds. But in that two rounds, he was in trouble.
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'You just run out of things to say' – Usyk is a modern day great and one of the best boxers we have ever seen
OLEKSANDR USYK is a modern day great and one of the best boxers we have ever seen.
The Ukrainian battered a gallant but completely outclassed Daniel Dubois in their Wembley rematch to become a three-time undisputed champion.
Two of those came at heavyweight after he had already cleaned up the cruiserweight division.
You just run out of things to say about Usyk.
Everything that he does just impresses you more and more and more.
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"So he knows that Martin Bakole, in a fight, I will smoke him easy.
"These people know, that's why they're quiet.'
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Bakole claims Usyk tried to downplay the outcome of one of their spars during a recent Ring Magazine event.
The 32-year-old said: "He was over my shoulder saying, 'Hey that was sparring.'
"No, he got knocked out.
'Even though I stopped him there is no story to tell. It's true.
"I tell you I beat him like a baby, he was out of the ring, his coach was asking what to do, and he couldn't do it.
"So he knows that Martin Bakole, in a fight, I will smoke him easy."
Martin Bakole on Oleksandr Usyk
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Martin Bakole claims Oleksandr Usyk was left 'bleeding' after one of their spars
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"They started speaking Ukrainian and I kept standing in the ring, he got out, then about three or four minutes he came back again.
'Usyk, I always say this, people say I'm crazy, but the only man who can stop Usyk right now is Martin Bakole.'
Bakole - who was once seen as the boogeyman of the heavyweight division - has to get back in the win column before he can think about sharing the ring with Usyk.
The man mountain was brutally knocked out in his short-notice showdown with Joseph Parker in February.
And he fought Efe Ajagba to a lacklustre draw in their African clash in May.
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