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Usik told Przeglad Sportowy that before the 2011 World Championships of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) World Cup final in Baku, he was offered 300,000 euros to return the fight to his opponent.
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“Is it true that at that time they wanted to bribe me to concede to the representative of Azerbaijan Teimur Mammadov? Yes, they offered me 300 thousand. They were probably local guys. A man came to me and he offered just that amount. I didn’t agree, “says Usik.
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Ukrainian boxing star Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, also watched the final match.
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“I think that 300,000 euros could be divided between the three judges and they would do their job. I went to the ring with the thought that I would have to hit very hard. Thank God, they didn’t succeed,” said Usik.
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Wicks won it and became the champion of the 2012 London Olympics a year later. He spent a long career in amateur boxing.
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In the professional ring, Usik has 19 fights behind him, all won, 13 of them with a slaughter.
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Usik currently owns the World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organization (WBO) Champion Belt Heavyweight Division.
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