Last September, ‘AJ’ stepped into the ring with the Ukrainian for the first time. Despite heading into the matchup as a favorite, Joshua was thoroughly outboxed en-route to a unanimous decision defeat on his home soil.
Following the loss, Joshua activated his rematch clause to face Usyk once again. In order to better prepare for ‘The Cat’, he decided to leave his longtime trainer Rob McCraken. The Brit now trains with accomplished coach Robert Garcia, who’s confident that he can help guide Joshua to victory.
As of now, the rematch doesn’t currently have a date set. However, Eddie Hearn has stated that the second outing is set to take place for Saudi Arabia in August.
However, Tyson Fury doesn’t believe that a coaching change will get the job done. On the Unibet Lowdown podcast, the WBC Heavyweight champion offered his services as a trainer for Joshua. Fury stated:
Watch Tyson Fury’s interview with the Unibet Lowdown podcast below:
Will Tyson Fury fight the winner of Oleksandr Usyk vs. Anthony Joshua 2
While Tyson Fury is offering his services as a trainer to Anthony Joshua, he’s also supposedly in the running to face ‘AJ’ next.
‘The Gypsy King’ retired from the sport of boxing following a knockout victory over Dillian Whyte earlier this year. However, almost instantly after his retirement announcement, Fury was linked to many different fights.
He was quickly linked to a fight with UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou. However, that possible superfight has been overshadowed by reports of him possibly boxing the winner of August’s rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua.
As of now, Fury is yet to confirm if he is indeed out of retirement and if he’ll fight the winner of the rematch. However, in the aforementioned interview with Unibet Lowdown, the WBC Heavyweight champion stated that he’s interested in fighting again if the price is right.
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