5 HISTORICAL Feats On Usyk Win Over AJ [Joshua vs Usyk Aftermath]

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Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk's win over Anthony Joshua in only his third heavyweight fight makes him part of a small collective of boxers who won world titles at lighter weight classes before stepping up and conquering the big boys.

Usyk unified all four world cruiserweight titles and made six title defenses at that weight class before stepping up to heavyweight for two routine no-thrill wins over Chazz Witherspoon and Dereck Chisora.

Usyk is not small by any means. He checked in at 6-foot-3 and weighed 221 pounds for this fight with Joshua, which was heavier than when Muhammad Ali tipped the scales at 216 pounds for his famous "Rumble in the Jungle" clash with George Foreman in 1974, and 211 pounds when Ali beat Sonny Liston to first become world heavyweight champion 10 years earlier.

Joshua, however, was considerably bigger than Usyk, after weighing in at 240 pounds.

Some fighters took longer to adjust to the heavyweight division before winning world titles, while others did it quicker than Usyk. So how does Usyk's achievement compare to others who won world titles at heavyweight after reigning at a lighter division?

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