Anthony Joshua WAS HUMILIATED BY Alexander Usyk BEFORE THE REMATCH / Tyson Fury WANT FIGHT Usyk
Anthony Joshua WAS HUMILIATED BY Alexander Usyk BEFORE THE REMATCH Tyson Fury WANT FIGHT Usyk New Zealand coach Kevin Barry, who is part of the coaching staff of the WBC world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, fears for Alexander Usyk in a rematch with Anthony Joshua "Usyk has an excellent, amazing jab, one of the highest fighting intellects in world boxing. If you watched my interviews before his fight with Joshua, I argued that Usyk would win. People said that Joshua was too big, too powerful, that he would beat Usyk, but I didn't think so. Alexander chose a wonderful gameplay, and in combination with his style, it gave the result. When they discussed an immediate rematch, I was sure that he would beat Joshua even more convincingly, but now the situation is a little different. I know he couldn't train properly. I was told this by his manager Egis Klimas, with whom we recently talked in Minneapolis. He said that Usyk, for obvious reasons, did not train. I also heard that Usyk lost a lot of weight. We remember that before lifting the weights, he gained a decent amount, and now, during the time, he has lost a significant part of this mass, because he did not have access to normal nutrition. Because of this whole weight loss situation, I have some concerns, but as for technique and skills, I am sure that in this Usyk will be better than Joshua," Kevin Barry said in an interview with the British heavyweight Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs) in a rematch with Alexander Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) will follow a radically opposite strategy than in their first meeting in the fall of 2021. AJ and his coaching staff, led by Rob McCracken, were severely criticized after the defeat to the Ukrainian. In March, Joshua announced that his new coach will be Angel Fernandez, with whom they are working out winning tactics right now. "I imagined in my head that the fight with Usyk would last 12 rounds," Metro quotes Joshua. - "That was my gamplan, because I thought I could compete with him as a boxer. I think he took two rounds more than me. That's how he became a champion. Therefore, my goal today is to return to the roots and win by knockout. The art of boxing is to strike and not miss in return. You box in some way, being wary of the opponent. And that's not really my style. I like to be close to my opponent and complicate his life. So this is my plan for the fight." The head of the Top Rank promotion company Bob Arum says that he will not insist that the WBC world heavyweight champion, Briton Tyson Fury, change his mind about retirement. Still, according to Arum, he hopes that Fury will change his mind when he watches the rematch between his compatriot Anthony Joshua and Ukrainian Alexander Usyk. "I will meet with Tyson soon and we will talk to him, but this does not mean that we will talk about his retirement. I mean, we have to give him a free hand. He must do what he wants and what he sees fit. I'm not going to push him to something, or do anything else. There's no reason for that, we'll just have a nice chat. When Tyson says he's retired, he means the present time, but will he hold that opinion in a few months? That's another question. I think when the fight of Usyk against Joshua takes place, Fury's blood will boil again," Arum said. Recall that Tyson held his last fight on April 23 at Wembley Stadium in London, Great Britain, against his compatriot Dillian White, whom he knocked out in the sixth round. After the fight, Fury stated that he intended to end his career.
