Former two-time unified heavyweight champion Briton Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs) in a month will try to take possession of the WBA Super, IBF, WBO titles for the third time – he will fight in rematch with his September offender Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KO).
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The big man believes that he is frankly disliked in America. First, they disliked him for the never-held fight for the title of absolute world champion with local knockout champion Deontay Wilder, and then for the sensational defeat of the Mexican Andy Ruiz Jr. – that was Joshua’s first and only fight in the United States, after which the local fans called him soap bubble.
The other day, the ex-champion said that he would not have been accepted in America anyway.
The argument went like this: “I really feel like I’m never going to get their respect anyway. As soon as I turned pro, I immediately got high. I immediately made it clear to everyone that I would fight anyone, anywhere. But for some reason no one appreciated it. Maybe it’s just because I’m British. But I’ve always wanted to bring heavyweight back to the UK, to prove we’re tough. It seems to me that many fans live by stereotypes. Well, you know, the British are always drinking tea, eating biscuits and hanging out with the Queen.”
According to Joshua, they even ask him at times: “Yo, dude, how is the queen doing? How is she in general? A normal dude?” I sometimes feel like (in the US) I was never perceived as a division leader. For many of them, I was just a dude who likes to show himself in the mirror and flatter his ego.
The ex-champion said yesterday that his new mentor “Robert Garcia is a coach of bad guys”, and also explained himself for a conflict with students.
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