OLEKSANDR USYK will appear alongside Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in his Hollywood debut.
WWE legend Johnson will star in and produce The Smashing Machine – a biopic on the life of former UFC fighter Mark Kerr.
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Johnson will play Kerr, whose Cage nickname was used as the film’s title.
And Usyk – fresh off his victory over Tyson Fury – is set to play former Ukrainian MMA star Igor Vovchanchyn.
Kerr fought Vovchanchyn twice in Japan, winning the 2000 rematch after the previous year’s no-contest.
Usyk must first overcome his victory against Fury, with the battered Ukrainian suspended from action.
This will mark his acting debut, but the former cruiserweight champion has changed careers before.
Strangely enough, he signed with a football team in 2022.
He also gave an idea of how he could do as an actor with the promotion of his fight with Fury, with Usyk playing a cowboy and a gladiator.
Usyk, 37, won’t be the only fighter to appear in the film.
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Former UFC heavyweight contender Ryan Bader, 40, has landed the role of Mark Coleman.
Coleman, now 59, famously mentored Kerr, 55, after they competed against each other, later forming a professional wrestling duo.
Oscar-nominated actress Emily Blunt will play Kerr’s ex-wife, Dawn Staples, a former Playboy model.
The Rock recently revealed his training to Kerr – who earned the nickname Smashing Machine for his brutal fighting style.
Johnson, 52, posted a video practicing MMA moves before a first look at his role in the film was released online.
The film – set for release in December – will be directed by Benny Safdie, known for his work with older brother Josh.
Despite all the love for the resurgent AJ… these two are head, shoulders and fists ahead of everyone else
OLEKSANDR USYK is the deserved and undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, writes Wally Downes Jr.
A big gun doesn’t always beat a big gun, not when David has the weight of a beleaguered nation on his shoulders and is able to land every compatriot with every blow.
Usyk did what Usyk does, he moved magnificently, countered and outclassed his taller, heavier opponent.
Somehow, he manages to use every physical disadvantage to his advantage.
But what the hell is Fury doing waking up in round nine?
Why does a father of eight with £300 million in the bank, three best-selling books and a Netflix series go into the deep end?
Britain is not reacting to Putin’s army, Morecambe is not occupied.
So when the 35-year-old’s senses are scrambled, when the screen calls to him, when he’s so desperate not to get knocked down that he’s willing to jump through every rope like a drunk, when he eventually has to fall into a corner, Why doesn’t he just stay down?
He earned the right to surrender, as did his millions.
The guts, guts, and bloody mentality it took to walk off that deck, with a broken nose and shattered ego, is not comprehensible to us mortals.
Fury said he felt he won the fight, but it was too worthy to call it robbery or corruption. No doubt your father will tarnish that decency when you read this.
The rematch will be excellent.
Because for all the love we have for the resurgent Anthony Joshua – who was ringside at that iconic event – these two polar opposite men are head, shoulders, fists, hearts and brains ahead of everyone else.
There are the first two, then there is a void and then there is the rest.
Read the verdict on Wally’s big fight in full here…
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