How Oleksandr Usyk uses blockchain to punch above his weight in the boxing industry

The world-champion Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk and his Ready to Fight team are connecting fighters with fans using blockchain technology.

The world champion boxer Oleksandr Usyk is leading the boxing industry into the future with a new blockchain-based Web3 platform that connects fighters with each other and helps them grow their fan base.

Ready to Fight (RTF) calls itself the “first boxing Web3 app,” and rightly so, as it was built using blockchain and crypto technologies to help athletes find sparring matches — a need that was not previously met in the world of boxing.

Prior to RTF, finding the right sparring partner was normally solved through outdated methods of phone books and person-to-person connections.

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