Usyk has modeled for Playboy magazine. Photo.

Unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk became one of the heroes of the new issue of the Ukrainian edition of the men's magazine Playboy. The legendary boxer joined other athletes who agreed to participate in the creation of an issue of the magazine entirely dedicated to Olympians.

Playboy announced this on its Instagram page. The publication published one of the photos from the photo gallery, in which Usyk poses in shorts against the background of boxing gloves lying on the floor.

"The next hero of the Olympic issue is our boxer, absolute world champion Oleksandr Usyk. The best motivational quotes from Oleksandr Usyk," the magazine captioned the photo.

The former absolute world champion in two weight categories starred for Playboy alongside fencer Olga Kharlan, wrestler Zhan Beleniuk, and mountain climber Antonina Samoilova.

Earlier, the first photos of Kharlan for Playboy Ukraine were published. The pictures that were not included in the final version of the publication were posted online. Olga herself posted a backstage video of how the shoot went.

This is not Kharlan's first experience of shooting for men's magazines. In 2018, the athlete appeared in XXL magazine, delighting her fans with candid photos, including a topless one.

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