{"id":494399,"date":"2025-07-14T11:51:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T15:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=494399"},"modified":"2025-07-14T11:51:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T15:51:50","slug":"usyk-says-he-will-rebuild-ukraine-piece-by-piece-ahead-of-duboius-bout-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/usyk-says-he-will-rebuild-ukraine-piece-by-piece-ahead-of-duboius-bout-on-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Usyk says he will rebuild Ukraine &#8216;piece by piece&#8221; ahead of Duboius bout on Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oleksandr Usyk, the reigning unified world heavyweight boxing champion, has used the build-up to his high-stakes bout against Britain\u2019s Daniel Dubois to bring renewed global attention to the ongoing war in Ukraine. Just days before their fight for the undisputed heavyweight title at London\u2019s Wembley Stadium, Usyk stepped away from the ring spotlight to deliver a powerful message in support of his homeland.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sir Richard Branson also here alongside Oleksandr Usyk \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7<\/p>\n<p>Real respect to Sir Richard who\u2019s been a steadfast supporter and ally of Ukraine from the start <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QlPUYLdAnx\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/QlPUYLdAnx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2wo4K3EFHn\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/2wo4K3EFHn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zorya Londonsk (@ZoryaLondonsk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZoryaLondonsk\/status\/1944719265552011571?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Appearing in Trafalgar Square alongside billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson, Usyk unveiled a replica of the Ukrainian mosaic \u201cKestrel,\u201d a cultural piece nearly destroyed in Mariupol, a city now under Russian control. The 38-year-old champion, who holds the WBC, WBA, and WBO belts, stood before a gathered crowd and passionately condemned the devastation wrought by Russia\u2019s invasion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussia is destroying my hometown, my country. Russia is destroying hospitals, Russia is destroying schools, Russia is destroying the lives of Ukrainians,\u201d Usyk said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we will survive. We will rebuild our country like this mosaic, piece by piece.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Oleksandr Usyk\u2019s here on Trafalgar Square for a Ukrainian mosaic unveiling \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83e\udd4a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xdbKaCI6Wb\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/xdbKaCI6Wb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zorya Londonsk (@ZoryaLondonsk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZoryaLondonsk\/status\/1944715024993321366?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As the fight week progresses, Usyk and Dubois will continue their preparations. An open workout is scheduled for Wednesday, followed by a press conference on Thursday, and the weigh-in on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oleksandr Usyk, the reigning unified world heavyweight boxing champion, has used the build-up to his high-stakes bout against Britain\u2019s Daniel Dubois to bring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":494400,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[18144,23743,21105,17309],"news_category":[20045,16715],"gn_keywords":[18146,25934,21106,18145],"acf":{"news_source":"","link_picture":"","announce":"The Ukrainian boxing superstar directed back the attention of the world towards the war in his home country ","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/494399"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/494399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":494401,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/494399\/revisions\/494401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494399"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=494399"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=494399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}