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Ron Lewis

Oleksandr Usyk’s joy at reuniting with wife ahead of Anthony Joshua fight after family fled war-torn Ukraine

Oleksandr Usyk says the reason for his happy demeanour since arriving in Jeddah last week is that he has been reunited with his wife.

Usyk and his family were given special permission to leave war-torn Ukraine to begin training for the defence of his WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight titles against Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia this Saturday.

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