Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Oleksander Usyk throughout their fighter exercise forward of this weekends combat In Jeddah.
16 August 2022
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Not even the game’s heavyweight king is protected from the lengthy arm of the regulation.
Fortunately, Oleksandr Usyk is free and clear after he was briefly detained by customs police at Kraków John Paul II Worldwide Airport in Krakow, Poland. A particular motive was by no means supplied for the incident, however his complete workforce confirmed it was a mix-up.
“[Thank] God it’s all tremendous,” Yekaterina Usyk, Oleksandr’s spouse, knowledgeable her social media followers. “Nobody was arrested. Usyk is free. A misunderstanding.”
The game’s main pound-for-pound king took to social media to handle the matter upon his launch.
“Expensive Buddies. A misunderstanding befell,” Usyk mentioned on his verified Instagram and X channels. “It was rapidly resolved. Because of all who received involved.”
Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) was touring en path to London to attend the Daniel Dubois-Anthony Joshua IBF heavyweight title combat this weekend. He was stopped by Krakow airport officers for unknown causes earlier than he was positioned in handcuffs.
Authorities and Usyk himself confirmed that the Ukrainian southpaw was by no means positioned underneath arrest. He was held till authorities at house have been in a position to huddle with Polish regulation enforcement to resolve the matter.
“I spoke with Oleksandr Usyk on the cellphone after he was detained,” Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned. “I used to be disenchanted by this angle in the direction of our citizen and champion. I instructed the Minister of Overseas Affairs of Ukraine, Andrii Sybiha, and the Minister of Inner Affairs of Ukraine, Ihor Klymenko, to right away look into all the small print of the incident at Kraków airport.
“Now, all the things is okay, our champion has been launched. He’s now not being detained. Within the photograph, he’s with our Consul Normal in Kraków proper after being launched.”
I spoke with Oleksandr Usyk on the cellphone after he was detained.
I used to be disenchanted by this angle in the direction of our citizen and champion.
I instructed the Minister of Overseas Affairs of Ukraine, Andrii Sybiha, and the Minister of Inner Affairs of Ukraine, Ihor Klymenko, to… pic.twitter.com/LNKcH0OupR
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) September 17, 2024
Usyk turned the primary absolutely unified heavyweight champion of the 21st century after his Could 18 cut up choice win over Tyson Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs). The victory arrange a profitable rematch for the 37-year-old southpaw and a four-month—and nonetheless operating—celebration by famend X persona Nadim Haddad.
The feat additionally noticed Usyk be part of Evander Holyfield as the game’s solely two fighters to carry undisputed championship reigns at cruiserweight and heavyweight. Usyk’s reign was instantly interrupted when he was pressured to vacate the IBF belt. The transfer noticed Dubois (21-2, 19 KOs) upgraded to full from interim IBF titlist, a belt he nabbed in a June 1 stoppage win over Filip Hrgovic.
Dubois will now defend versus Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs) this Saturday at Wembley Stadium in London.
Usyk is a mixed 3-0 versus the 2.
He defeated Joshua by way of unanimous choice to win the WBA, IBF and WBO belts in Sept. 2021 in North London. The feat was repeated, although in a cut up choice of their Aug. 2022 rematch in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Usyk earned The Ring heavyweight championship with the win.
One yr later, Usyk scored a ninth-round knockout of London’s Dubois final August 26 in Wroclaw, Poland. The win paved the way in which to then face and defeat Fury to gather the WBC belt in Riyadh.
Usyk and Fury will return to Riyadh for his or her extremely anticipated Dec. 21 rematch.
