After the inauguration of the former champion in two categories from the USA Julian Jackson in the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame, the famous boxer answered questions from the American media.
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interview Julian expressed his opinion about the upcoming third fight between the undisputed middleweight champion (up to 76.2 kg) from Mexico Canelo Alvarez (57-2-2, 39 KOs) and the unified middleweight champion (up to 72.6 kg) from Kazakhstan Gennady Golovkin . Jackson also commented on the second consecutive defeat of the former heavyweight champion (over 90.7 kg) from Britain Anthony Joshua (24-3, 22 KOs) to the Ukrainian IBF / WBO / WBA title holder Alexander Usik (20-0, 13 KOs), as well as spoke about former US champion Deontay Wilder (42-2-1, 41 KOs).
– Canelo – Golovkin 3, September 17. What do you think about this fight and how will it go?
“It will be an amazing fight. Canelo is a great athlete. But Golovkin is also not a blunder. He reminds me of me, he reminds me of old fighters. He has a strong character, great determination. This will be a good fight.
- How to handle Golovkin in the third fight with Canelo? Ex-champ explains
– I want to hear your reaction. We recently saw Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk in a rematch. Joshua lost the rematch, what do you think about this fight?
– The fight is over. I think Joshua needs to get back to studying. I’m sure he’s missing a lot of things. His timing and his ability… You know, something happened somewhere along the way that I think affected him. I think he needs to find himself. He must have character. I don’t know if he has it or not, but Joshua is a great athlete. But again, we have to see what it’s made of. Lose twice and come back – it will be a difficult task, but I believe that he will do it if he has the desire to do so.
Speaking of two losses, champ, it would be inexcusable of me not to ask you about Deontay Wilder, who will return on October 15 against Robert Helenius. What do you think of Deontay Wilder?
Deontay Wilder is also a great athlete. Once again, you need to work with desire, you need to work hard on character. It’s about what he puts into it, you know? I think it all depends on the athletes, because I was in this skin. I lost my first title fight.
- Wilder wants to fight Usyk. Fury responded harshly to the puncher
– Against Mike McCallum.
“Yes, and you know, that defeat created me. It caused me to work harder, to be in the gym, to be a student of the art of boxing. I had to really make these things work for me, and that changed everything for me. I came back and became the WBA junior middleweight champion.
You fought Mike McCallum as a young fighter on the way against an established undefeated champion. I think he stopped you in the second round, am I right?
– Yes.
– Tell us what it took for a fighter to return after such a defeat? What was it like?
– I’ll be honest with you. I wanted to disappear from the face of the earth. It took a lot of courage, a lot of pride. The fact is, I had to swallow my pride. But I will tell you that God came into my life at that time. Someone told me that your friends may turn their backs on you, the government may not want to train you, but God will never leave you. That’s the reason why I am who I am today. I gave my life to Jesus Christ and became a believer, and my whole career took off after that.
