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Oleksandr Usyk’s preparations for his rematch with Anthony Joshua are now clouded in uncertainty no thanks to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia on Thursday, Megasportsarena.com reports.
Ukrainian Usyk landed in the United Kingdom’s this week to continue talks over a second fight, scheduled for late May or June.
A source close to Joshua’s camp insisted ‘all plans are set for the rematch’ but WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight king Usyk’s plans to return to his training base in Kiev have been complicated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
His promoter Alex Krassyuk said he now had ‘no idea’ what Usyk will do ahead of the bout, and suggested that coming back to Ukraine would be ‘impossible’.
Two other heavyweight champions could soon join the fight to defend their homeland.
Wladimir Klitschko enlisted in Ukraine’s reserve army, while brother Vitali, the mayor of Kyiv, vowed: ‘I don’t have another choice… I will be fighting.’
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