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Oleksandr Usyk: Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky says heavyweight champion has been released after being detained at an airport

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Oleksandr Usyk: Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky says heavyweight champion has been released after being detained at an airport

Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky says heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has been released after being detained at an airport in Poland.

A video posted on social media showed Usyk being led away in handcuffs by uniformed officials.

“I talked on the phone with Oleksandr Usyk when he was detained,” Zelensky wrote on Telegram.

“I was outraged by this attitude towards our citizen and champion.

“I’ve instructed the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha and the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko to immediately find out all the details of the incident at the Krakow airport.

“As soon as I was informed that everything is fine, our champion was released and no-one is detaining him anymore.”

WBC, WBA and WBO heavyweight champion Usyk is expected to be in London this week to watch

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at Wembley.

Usyk’s promoter Alex Krassyuk said on

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the incident was a “misunderstanding”.

It is not clear why Usyk was detained.

BBC Sport has approached Usyk’s manager and promoter for comment.

Usyk has not fought since 19 May when he

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to become boxing’s first four-belt undisputed heavyweight champion.

The Ukrainian vacated the IBF title in June after opting not to face his mandatory challenger in favour of

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, which is scheduled for 21 December.

Usyk was also the undisputed champion at cruiserweight and is unbeaten in 22 fights, winning 14 inside the distance.



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