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Daily Mirror
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Harry Davies

Oleksandr Usyk lost 22lbs in a week after Russia invaded Ukraine

Oleksandr Usyk 's wife has revealed he lost 10kg in just a week after Russia invaded Ukraine.

Usyk was fighting on the front line against the Russian invasion of his home country, but has since left to prepare for his heavyweight title defence against Anthony Joshua. The Ukrainian has described the horrific scenes in his country that included soldiers shooting at his house and his neighbours being dragged away.

The ongoing war has understandably had a huge effect on Usyk. His wife Kateryna said the heavyweight champion lost 10kgs in just one week whilst helping defend his country and was "torn apart" from the crisis. "Sasha lost 10 kilograms in a week of the war. He was so horrified, in such shock, he was so torn apart." she told PravdaTUT Lviv. …

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