1570: Oleksandr Usyk Quotes 2024–2025: Heavyweight Titles, Ukrainian Identity & Global Symbolism
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2025/10/24
How do Usyk’s statements bridge elite sport, national identity, and wartime representation on the world stage?
2024: “I am excited … let’s make history.”
2024: “Thank you so much. … It’s a big opportunity for me, for my family, for my country. … It’s a great time, it’s a great day.”
2024: “It’s for my God, my supporters, my country, the Ukrainian soldiers, Ukrainian mothers and fathers, children.”
2024: “Yes, of course. I am ready for a rematch.”
2024: “Now we have just a performance with lights and cameras. Everything will take place on Saturday… Don’t be afraid. I will not leave you alone. See you on Saturday.”
2024: “Thank you, God. Not Tyson. Thank you, God… I win.”
2024: “I want to dedicate this victory to my mother … and to all mothers of Ukraine.”
2025: “Russia destroyed hospitals, Russia destroyed schools, Russia destroyed Ukrainian lives… But we will survive. We will rebuild our country, like a mosaic, piece by piece.”
2025: “I advise the American President, Donald Trump, to go to Ukraine and live in my house. Only one week.”
2025: “I really want the war to end. Nobody wants it more … than us, Ukrainians.”
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