Fans of the noble art are looking forward to the upcoming fight between world heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine and his British rival Anthony Joshua, which will take place this coming Saturday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Today, Monday, the Spanish newspaper Marca quoted American boxing legend Mike Tyson as saying about this fight, in which he ruled out the Brit winning the fight, stating: “It will be hard for him to hit him, it will be hard to beat Usek because he quick and able to catch up with Joshua with his punches.”
Mike Tyson doesn’t seem to like Anthony Joshua’s chances of beating Oleksandr Usyk.https://t.co/OKKSsJr33X
— TalkSPORT (@talkSPORT) August 14, 2022
Tyson gave Joshua valuable advice if he wants to win: “He needs to learn how to control the jab, that’s the only thing he couldn’t handle, he couldn’t handle the jab and his movement.”
He continued: “His punches are strong but not accurate, you have to be accurate against a guy like that because he moves a lot, you have to tire him out, Joshua only needs to speed up a little, not much. because it has a lot of potential.”
The King Abdullah Sports Hall in Jeddah will witness an intense fight not seen since the 1990s as Oleksandr Usyk, who has 19 wins, 13 of them by knockout, no losses, seeks to retain the world heavyweight title. which he snatched from Joshua.
Face to face again ????
Usyk vs. Joshua II live on DAZN, Aug. twenty
???? @whiskey#UsykJoshua2#RageRed Seapic.twitter.com/7BdJEnC5do
— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) August 14, 2022
The Ukrainian champion defeated his British counterpart via unanimous decision after 12 rounds (117-112, 116-112, 115-113), in a bout that brought them together on September 25, 2021, in front of 60,000 spectators at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium ‘ in the British capital London to undress the Land Master has three world champion belts, namely the International Boxing Federation (IBF), the World Boxing Association (WBA) and the World Boxing Organization (WBO).
AND NEW….
Oleksandr Usyk took the WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles from Anthony Joshua by unanimous decision!
What a fight!
Reaction to @5liveSports on the @BBCSounds#AYusik#bee-box
— BBC Sports (@BBCSport) September 25, 2021
Another week of fighting!
Usyk Joshua 1 was live action from start to finish! Throw in Joshua losing all his belts and the Usyk War, BIG DRAMA SHOW!
Let’s see if Robert Garcia has something up his sleeve or not. #blindness#boxingnbbq#boxingpic.twitter.com/NLtCV5rSg0
— BOXING & BBQ (@BOXINGnBBQ) August 14, 2022
???????????? Looooooo the best! Oleksandr Usyk defeated Anthony Joshua and received WBA, IBF and WBO titles ????
New King! pic.twitter.com/5RvqvKYcKi
— Eurosport.ru (@Eurosport_RU) September 25, 2021
Usyk, 35, managed to take the heavyweight throne after moving up from the light heavyweight division (90.71kg), after becoming the undisputed world champion and the first boxer in history to collect four major light heavyweight titles, thus belts. World Heavyweight Champion (WBA Super), (IBF), (WBO) and (IBO), in addition to winning the title of the first edition of the “World Boxing Super Series” or the Light Heavyweight Muhammad Ali Cup.
As for Joshua, he won 24 victories, 22 of them by knockout, with two defeats.
Joshua enters a second return match for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in Saudi Arabia after managing to avenge Mexican-American Andy Ruiz in December 2019 in a historic match in Diriyah.
While Usyk, considered by many to be one of the best boxers in the world, remains undefeated in his professional career, starting as a heavyweight champion of the world before successfully working his way up to the heavyweight division.
Source: agencies