Heavyweight Boxing champion,
Oleksandr Usyk and Vasiliy has revealed how he plans to conquer the Russian
military alongside his fellow Ukranian citizens after he conquered the world
with his fists.
After Russia invaded Ukraine on
February 24, Usyk , 35 traveled into Ukraine, took up arms and joined a
territorial defense battalion.
Speaking via a video link from a
basement in Kyiv, Usyk says that he's prepared to take a life, if necessary if
it means defending his country in the current war.
"If they will want to take
my life, or the lives of my close ones, I will have to do it," he said to
CNN.
"But I don't want that. I
don't want to shoot, I don't want to kill anybody, but if they will be killing
me, I will have no choice."
Usyk's manager, Egis Klimas,
helped him in the interview as he translated for Usyk, who doesn't speak
English.
Usyk says that he isn't afraid despite the
situation in Ukraine where Russia has started bombing residential areas and
using vacuum bombs in Ukrainian citiesñ.
"Maybe, it'll sound
sentimental," he explained, "but my soul belongs to the Lord and my
body and my honor belong to my country, to my family. So there is no fear,
absolutely no fear. There's just bafflement -- how could this be in the 21st
century?"
Speaking about how the skills of
boxing has helped him defend himself and his family at such a crucial moment,
he said;
"It has helped me to be calm
and mentally prepared," he said, "And it helps me to help others who
are panicking and nervous."
Oleksandr Usyk was outside of the
country when Russia invaded; Usyk had been in London, shooting sequences for an
upcoming video game.
He was intending to fly home just
hours after the hostilities had commenced, but with the airports closed, he
instead flew to Warsaw in Poland and drove almost 500 miles back home and over
the border to Kyiv.
Usyk won his heavyweight title
belts in a superb display in September 2021 defeating former champion Anthony
Joshua to become the IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO world heavyweight champion
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