Ukraine’s boxing heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has despatched a determined plea to Vladimir Putin requesting that he “Cease this struggle!”.
Usyk (19-0 Boxing) was in Sheffield, England, earlier this week to advertise the discharge of the brand new boxing sport eSports Boxing Membership.
Throughout his time away, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a army invasion on Usyk’s dwelling nation of Ukraine.
Regardless of the specter of Russian forces breaching the capital city Kyiv, Oleksandr Usyk has returned to his homeland and delivered a strong message to the Russian President on Twitter.
Ukraine’s heavyweight champion of the world Oleksandr Usyk with a strong message to Vladimir Putin and the individuals of Russia: “Cease attacking us. Cease this struggle.”
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— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) February 26, 2022
“Good morning, my title is Usyk Oleksandr. I need to enchantment to the Russian individuals. If you happen to contemplate us brotherly individuals, don’t let your army, your youngsters, go to our nation. Cease attacking us! I additionally enchantment to President Putin. Cease this struggle! Don’t give us ultimatums and declare your situations, simply sit down on the negotiating desk. We have to discuss and cease all the pieces. Our kids, our moms, our grandmothers and peculiar individuals are hiding in basements. We’re on our personal land, we act as now we have to. We’re defending ourselves. Cease it. Cease this struggle!”
Oleksandr Usyk isn’t the one Ukrainian Sports activities Star to take a stance in opposition to Putin and the Russian invasion. The legendary Klitschko brothers have taken up arms for the Ukraine military (see extra on that here).
“It’s a really troublesome scenario. We stand in entrance of one of many greatest and strongest armies on the earth. However, now we have to defend our households, our nation, our cities. We don’t have one other selection… Ukraine was at all times a peaceable nation, peaceable individuals. However proper now, now we have to take weapons and struggle.” – stated Vitali Klitschko
Usyk final competed contained in the squared circle in September of 2021, the place he defeated Anthony Joshua in a shocking upset to assert the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight titles.
One can solely hope that the plea’s of Oleksandr Usyk and hundreds of thousands of others will end in Putin pulling Russian forces out of the Ukraine.
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