Joshua answers the question of who he would like to see as the winner of the Usyk-Fury rematch
Former two-time world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (26-3, 23 KOs) wished Oleksandr Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) a victory in his rematch with Tyson Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs). The native of Watford noted that he was ready to fight the winner of the second fight between the Ukrainian and the British.
Joshua said this in an interview with Sky Sports on the eve of his championship fight with Daniel Dubois (21-2, 20 KOs). According to the British boxer, he is not looking behind the back of his closest rival, but is fully focused on the fight that will take place on September 21.
Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury after the fight.
Poster for the rematch between Usyk and Fury.
Source: K2 Promotions
"If one of them challenges me to a fight, I will accept 100 percent. That's what I do. I fight. I am ready. It would be an honor for me to fight them both. I'm not focusing on Usyk or Fury. I'll look at it later. Let me get past Dubois. We'll see. I think Usyk will win the rematch and I would like to see Usyk win," Joshua said.
Anthony Joshua
We would like to remind you that in the first fight, Usyk defeated Fury by split decision - 114:113, 113:114, 115:112 - and became the absolute world heavyweight champion.
A month after the fight, on May 18 , the Ukrainian was forced to give up the International Boxing Federation (IBF) belt, which Joshua and Du Bois will fight for.
The IBF belt held by Usyk.
Before that, Oleksandr spoke categorically about what would happen if Tyson tried to disrupt the rematch. He also shared his expectations for the second fight with Fury and responded to accusations of cheating during the May 18 fight. In addition, Oleksandr told what he learned from this fight.
Punch statistics of the Usyk-Fury fight.
Source: Compubox
The legendary Wladimir Klitschko shared his expectations for the rematch between Usyk and Fury. And ex-champion Amir Khan disagreed with the forecasts for the fight's repeat. In addition, Russian Alexander Povetkin attributed the success of our compatriot to Russia.
The referee scored a standing knockdown for Fury.
As reported by OBOZ.UA, Russian boxing coach Andrey Ivichuk called Tyson Fury the winner of the upcoming rematch with Oleksandr Usyk. And the Ukrainian named the only boxer he is interested in fighting after the second fight with the Briton.
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