Boxing: Usyk makes offer to Trump: Come live in my house
"I advise American President Donald Trump to come to Ukraine and live in my house for one week," Usyk said.
In a show of bravado, unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has offered U.S. President Donald Trump the chance to live in his house for a week to experience the reality of the ongoing war in Ukraine.
It's now three years since Russian president Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, back in 2022, with casualties now in the millions.
On ascension to power last year, Trump vowed to end the conflict "within 24 hours" of his presidency when elected for a second time.
Despite publicly leading efforts to end the war, Trump has been unable to do so and has since blamed Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky for "starting the war".
The outspoken Usyk has been campaigning for peace in Ukraine since his rematch with Joshua three years ago. He dedicated his victory against Joshua in 2022 to the people of Ukraine.
"I advise American President Donald Trump to come to Ukraine and live in my house for one week," Usyk told BBC Sport.
"Only one week. I will give him my house. Live please in Ukraine and watch what is going on every night. Every night there are bombs and flights above my house. Bombs, rocket. Every night. It's enough."
"Ukrainian people are dying. It's not just military guys, but children, women, grandmothers, grandfathers," he lamented.
The war broke out in the months before that fight and Usyk is still a key part of Ukraine's peace efforts publicly, alongside retired boxers Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko.
Usyk, the WBA (super), WBO and WBC champion, will take on Britain's Daniel Dubois on 19 July at Wembley Stadium.
It is a rematch of the pair's bout in August 2023, which Usyk won with a ninth-round knockout.
