Usik congratulated Khizhnyak on his victory at the 2024 Olympics

37-year-old Ukrainian professional boxer Oleksandr Usyk, undisputed champion, congratulated 29-year-old compatriot Oleksandr Khyzhniak on winning a gold medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Usyk reported this on social networks. 

On August 7, Khyzhniak defeated 24-year-old Kazakhstani Nurbek Oralbay in the final of the fight in the up to 80 kg weight category.

At the 2020 Olympics, Khyzhniak took a silver medal in the weight category up to 75 kilograms. 

Khyzhniak won 126 fights in his amateur career.