The occupying authorities of Crimea decided to deprive the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk of the award "

This was reported by the propaganda publication of the occupiers Kryminform.

Usyk was also deprived of the honorary title "

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In addition to the Ukrainian boxer, Leonid Kravchuk, Leonid Kuchma, Inna Bordyug (Zlata Ognevich), Sergey Kunitsyn, Nikolay Balan and Igor Voronchenko were deprived of the awards..

Recall that after the start of a full-scale Russian invasion, Usyk entered the territorial defense, but later received permission to leave the country and said that he would prepare for revenge with Anthony Joshua.

The 35-year-old sportsman posted a video message on his Instagram page, where he explained his decision to leave Ukraine during the war.. According to the boxer, in this way he will help his country more.

Meanwhile, the Russian invaders settled in the house of the Ukrainian champion in Vorzel. Later, his wife Ekaterina showed the consequences of the occupiers' stay in their house.