Oleksandr Khyzhniak

BOXING fighter

Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Khyzhniak is a Ukrainian professional boxer. As an amateur, he won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in middleweight category, having won a silver medal at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in the same division. He was also 2017 world amateur middleweight champion. Khyzhniak turned professional in 2026, winning his debut fight by first round knockout. In just his third pro-fight he won the WBA light-heavyweight Gold title.