Oleksandr Usyk fires warning to next generation of boxers as he reveals his sons are following in his fighting footsteps

‘DADDY’ Oleksandr Usyk is breeding the next generation of combat stars to dominate the sporting world.

The four-belt heavyweight icon, 38, revealed this week that tomorrow’s opponent at Wembley, Daniel Dubois, is his penultimate foe.

Instagram @usykaaOleksandr Usyk has warned the world of combat sports that his sons Mykhailo and Kyrylo are the next big things[/caption]

Undefeated Ukrainian Usyk calls himself ‘The Iceman’ and loves bashing Brits, with Tony Bellew, Derek Chisora, Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury already chillingly vanquished.

And, worryingly for the next era of UK fighters — in the ring or on the judo mat — his schoolboy sons Mykhailo and Kyrylo are already in their father’s gym and ready to carry on dishing out the punishment.

When asked how he coped with another three-month camp away from his kids, Usyk explained: “They were with me for a week, then went home because the older one was preparing for the Spanish judo championships.

“They came back to visit me and stayed with me two days after that.

“My eldest went to the championship — he performed very well but faced a big guy and took second place because he didn’t have enough experience for now.

“He wants to become an Olympic champion in judo. My youngest son wants to become a boxer and become world champion.”

Usyk has dedicated his life to the sport and made huge sacrifices along the way.

He even stuck religiously to his Olympics campaign in 2012 when his dad was gravely ill — and who passed away just days after his son won the heavyweight gold.

EPAUsyk has remained fully focused during his glittering career[/caption]

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So even though Usyk’s boys have been born into fame and fortune, daddy warns them it is not all purses, pizzazz and paparazzi.

He said: “I tell them that, in order to achieve their goals, they need to work very hard.

“I say that it’s not always cool to be famous.”

Usyk knows about being ice-cold — he dominated Joshua in the searing Saudi heat, then beat the Brit again in his London backyard.

Next, he stood in front of 6ft 9in 20st showman Fury while the Mancunian screamed insults at him — before blitzing the Gypsy King twice.

Yesterday, ahead of his rematch with 27-year-old Dubois, the Londoner stood inches from his nose and bellowed.

But Usyk warned the decade-younger powerhouse that all the fire in his belly and fists will be extinguished.

He declared: “You need to know what I’m feeling. I’m quite cold. I’m a very chilled person. I like it when it’s cold. I am an Iceman. I am frozen.”

Chisora reckons the only way to beat Usyk is to be “more crazy” than the 6ft 3in southpaw.

But the leftie mastermind insists he is too unhinged to be beaten by mind games in the mad world of boxing.

Usyk said: “I look at this world in a different way. I look at the world as a God-given psychiatric hospital, where many mad people live.

“But God gives each of us a chance to be healed. And every day I ask Him for help in prayer.”

GettyUsyk kept his ‘iceman’ cool as he faced up with Daniel Dubois[/caption]

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