{"id":62996,"date":"2025-04-30T13:15:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T13:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/62996\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T13:15:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T13:15:16","slug":"heavyweight-champion-oleksandr-usyk-gives-his-take-on-viral-100-men-vs-one-silverback-gorilla-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/62996\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk gives his take on viral 100 men vs one silverback gorilla question"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>The viral question has been debated by on social media in recent days\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>World heavyweight champion Usyk was asked the question with a twist\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Usyk, who will fight Daniel Dubois, offered a unique response to the question\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-408\/michael-pavitt.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MICHAEL PAVITT<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  07:27 EDT, 30 April 2025   |  Updated:  07:28 EDT, 30 April 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/oleksandr-usyk\/index.html\" id=\"mol-c4a576f0-25b2-11f0-901f-218f9e9d4d0f\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Oleksandr Usyk<\/a> has delivered his verdict in the latest social media trend, which has seen people ponder whether 100 men or one\u00a0gorilla would win in a fight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The question has been debated over social media in recent days, but the viral debate originated back in 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/reddit\/index.html\" id=\"mol-c488ee40-25b2-11f0-901f-218f9e9d4d0f\" rel=\"noopener\">Reddit<\/a> user posed the question in a\u00a0whowouldwin subreddit, with other users then weighing up the possible scenarios.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A twist was put on the question when it was posed to Usyk in an interview with <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/boxing_ts\/status\/1917521747747955100\">talkSPORT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;How many Oleksandr Usyks would it take to beat one silverback gorilla?&#8217; the heavyweight world champion was asked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Ukrainian fighter, instead, offered faith in two of his four children to successfully win in the hypothetical situation.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-8dcebb95af226012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/97862853-14663589-image-a-84_1746011067329.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Oleksandr Usyk offered his unique verdict on a viral question being debated on social media\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Oleksandr Usyk offered his unique verdict on a viral question being debated on social media<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1f48c7d0f0726049\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/97862845-14663589-image-a-83_1746010987522.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Social media users have been debating whether 100 men or one gorilla would triumph in a fight\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Social media users have been debating whether 100 men or one gorilla would triumph in a fight<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a1349890de7f2c\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/97863659-14663589-image-m-82_1746010947644.jpg\" height=\"911\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Usyk suggested his sons\u00a0Kyrylo and Mykhailo would be capable of winning in the\u00a0hypothetical situation\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Usyk suggested his sons\u00a0Kyrylo and Mykhailo would be capable of winning in the\u00a0hypothetical situation\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;My son, enough maybe,&#8217;\u00a0Usyk offered in reply.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Okay maybe two of my sons,\u00a0Mykhailo and Kyrylo.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Usyk&#8217;s response reflected remarkable faith in his sons, who have opted to compete in judo rather than boxing, with\u00a0Kyrylo and Mykhailo aged just 12 and 10 respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Usyk was then asked &#8216;And you, one Oleksandr is enough?&#8217; with the 38-year-old responding\u00a0\u2018Yeah, yeah.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Ukrainian fighter&#8217;s engagement with the question came amid the promotion for his upcoming undisputed heavyweight title fight with Daniel Dubois.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The blockbuster rematch was confirmed on Sunday and will be held on July 19 at Wembley Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Usyk, the undefeated Ukrainian who has already been undisputed at both cruiserweight and heavyweight, has been in training camp for several weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">All four major belts once again on the line.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6c1fe539a0926687\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/97864585-14663589-image-a-85_1746011871128.jpg\" height=\"364\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Usyk will face\u00a0Daniel Dubois in an undisputed heavyweight world title fight on July 19\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Usyk will face\u00a0Daniel Dubois in an undisputed heavyweight world title fight on July 19<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-613a1372c776deb0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/97681287-14663589-The_rematch_will_be_held_at_Wembley_Stadium_with_the_undisputed_-a-86_174601230153.jpeg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The rematch will be held at Wembley Stadium with the undisputed heavyweight crown at stake\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The rematch will be held at Wembley Stadium with the undisputed heavyweight crown at stake<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Usyk famously beat Tyson Fury in May last year to unify all four heavyweight titles, before later vacating the IBF belt \u2014 a title that Dubois now holds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After defeating Fury again in December 2024, Usyk turned his focus toward the winner of Dubois vs Joseph Parker, but Dubois withdrew from that fight due to illness. Parker instead faced Martin Bakole in Saudi Arabia, beating him on points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Following that, Usyk and Dubois entered discussions, with Dubois emerging as the natural next opponent given his status as IBF champion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Although the WBO had ordered Usyk to negotiate a mandatory defence against Parker, the Dubois fight will still go ahead next.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The July 19 bout reignites a rivalry that began last August in Poland, where Usyk stopped Dubois in the ninth round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">That result sparked major controversy after a body shot that dropped Usyk was ruled a low blow earlier in the contest, leaving Dubois\u2019 camp feeling they had been denied a legitimate victory.<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk gives his take on viral 100 men vs one silverback gorilla question<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The viral question has been debated by on social media in recent days\u00a0 World heavyweight champion Usyk was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,92,5122,93,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-62996","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-dailymail","10":"tag-oleksandr-usyk","11":"tag-sport","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114427102949121912","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}