"Constantly postponed": Joshua named the culprit of the defeat in the rematch with Usyk

Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (25-3, 22 KOs) named American trainer Robert Garcia as one of the culprits behind his loss to Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) in the rematch. According to the Watford native, his mentor did not teach him any new techniques for the fight against Ukrainian.

Joshua said in an interview with the British talk Sport edition. Recalling the preparation for a second fight with Usyk, the British boxer noted that the Ukrainian camp raised concerns about the cooperation of the rival with Garcia, but Anthony himself did not feel the need to work with the American.

"I remember preparing to fight Usyk and I had Robert Garcia in my camp. The date of the fight kept getting pushed back and the general conversation with Usyk's camp was like this: "We need this fight to happen as soon as possible because we don't want Joshua to spend as much time as possible with Robert Garcia." In my opinion, I didn't feel like I was taught anything, so I don't think it would have mattered if we had spent a year together. I would have still done my thing," Joshua said.

To remind, the Ukrainian defeated the Briton in a rematch by a split decision of the judges. On August 12, Joshua will hold the second fight with compatriot Dillian Whyte (28-3, 19 KOs). In turn, Usyk will hold a mandatory defense against Daniel Dubois (19-1, 18 KOs) in Wroclaw on August 26.

If he wins, Oleksandr hopes to unify all the heavyweight belts in a fight with Tyson Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs), who announced a fight with former Absolute Fighting Championship (UFC) champion Francis Ngannou the day before.

Saudi Arabia intends to organize fights Usyk - Fury and Joshua - Deontay Wilder (43-2-1, 42 KOs) in one night. The media published the fees of boxers for the grand show. At the same time, Anthony has already confirmed his bout against Deontay.

As OBOZREVATEL reported, the famous Russian promoter Vladimir Khryunov wished Oleskandr Usyk defeat in the fight with Daniel Dubois. The Briton himself spoke about the fear he saw in the eyes of the Ukrainian during the duel of glances.

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