Yesterday, Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury by unanimous decision to defend his unified heavyweight title. “Sportswriters” and “actual boxing fans” might attribute the victory to skill, discipline, gumption, or even good old fashioned stick-to-itiveness, but we gamers know better: Usyk won because he dressed up as the Hitman series’ Agent 47 as a bit during a pre-fight press conference back in October.
You can watch a video of the October 23 event via TNT Sports Boxingon YouTube. Fury enters first, dressed normally—for a boxer at a promo event at least, the man’s still wearing a patterned blazer and a snapback. We then get Usyk’s entrance, and he’s in full Silent Assassin mode with a shaved head, black suit, red tie, leather gloves, a tactical-looking brief case, and a rendition of “Ave Maria” playing over the walkup straight out of Hitman: Blood Money. The real chef’s kiss comes when Usyk reveals …