KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian heavyweight boxing Olympic champion Oleksandr Usyk has been released after detention by law-enforcement officers at Poland's Krakow airport, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday. "I was outraged by this attitude towards our citizen and champion," Zelenskiy said on the Telegram messaging app.

Heavyweight champ Oleksandr Usyk made the headlines for some, initially quite shocking, but later fully explained his reasons yesterday, as the Ukrainian was

According to Polish news website Onet, citing local boxing promoter Andrzej Wasilewski, Usyk came to Krakow by car to board a plane for a training camp in Spain, but his associate was not allowed to board the aircraft. The boxing champ took issue with the decision and both were handcuffed.

Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy said he was ‘outraged’ over the detention of his country’s ‘champion’ in Poland.

Heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk was briefly detained at Krakow airport in Poland on Tuesday before being released, according to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The 37-year-old, a key figure in Ukrainian sport,

WBC, WBO, WBA and IBO world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) has been arrested at the airport in Krakow. Source: Zhan Beleniuk, Ukrainian wrestler, on Telegram Details: The circumstances of the arrest are being investigated,

Video circulating on social media showed Usyk being led away by Polish police with his hands cuffed behind his back. The incident drew a swift response from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who said he was "outraged by this attitude towards our citizen and champion" and instructed Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and Interior Minister Ihor

Oleksandr Usyk was released in Poland after being arrested at Kraków airport on Tuesday evening. The undisputed heavyweight world champion. Ukraine's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs are investigating the circumstances of the incident,