Who is Oleksandr Usyk’s wife Yekaterina and how many children do couple have?

OLEKSANDR USYK takes on Tyson Fury TONIGHT - and his wife Yekaterina will be cheering him on in his corner.

The Ukrainian has his mind set on the undisputed heavyweight clash with Brit hero Fury.

And Usyk will be eager to make his long-term partner proud yet again by defending his titles in Wroclaw, Poland, just down the road from the Ukraine border.

But who is the driving force behind Oleksandr Usyk's success story?

Who is Oleksandr Usyk's wife Yekaterina?

Yekaterina, commonly known as Kateryna has decided to keep her personal life mostly private.

But the celebrity spouse is popular in her birth country of Ukraine.

It has been claimed that Yekaterina had been close to Oleksandr Usyk for several years before becoming Mrs. Uysk in 2009 and she now runs the foundation which belongs to the heavyweight champ.

Kateryna makes rare appearances on social media, but she opened up on her husband's physical state during the Russian war on Ukraine.

Kateryna told PravdaTUT: “Sasha lost 10 kilograms in a week of the war. He was so horrified, in such shock, he was so torn apart."

Do Oleksandr Usyk and his wife Yekaterina have children together?

The long-term lovebirds have three children together - Kyrylo, Mykhalio and Yelizaveta.

Usyk and his young family had to flee their home in Vorzel, Bucha when the area was overrun by Vladimir Putin's troops.