Ukraine’s boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk released after Poland detention

Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy said he was ‘outraged’ over the detention of his country’s ‘champion’ in Poland.

Undisputed heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk has been released after a brief detention by law enforcement officers at Poland’s Krakow airport, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed.

It was not immediately clear why Usyk was detained. The WBC, WBO and WBA champion, who also won gold at the 2012 London Olympics, is looked upon as a national hero and has aided Kyiv’s war efforts.

“I was outraged by this attitude towards our citizen and champion,” Zelenskyy said on the Telegram messaging app late on Tuesday.

“Our champion was released and no one is detaining him anymore.”