The unified heavyweight champion Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) inflicted a second defeat in a row against Briton Anthony Joshua (24-3, 22 KOs) – he won at the weekend in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia).
The owner of the WBC belt in the same weight Tyson Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs) from the UK is ready to resume his performances (he allegedly ended his career in April after defeating Dillian Whyte) and “return all the titles to his homeland”: “Usyk? I am no stranger to taking belts away from homeless people from Ukraine.” At the same time, he reminds that it will not be cheap.
And here is his compatriot mandatory challenger Joe Joyce (14-0, 13 KOs)
ready to fight Usyk, without waiting for Fury’s comeback: “Regardless of whether Fury returns or not, I want to fight Usyk. So if Tyson doesn’t do it, then I will – I will return the belts to Britain.
Recall that Joyce first needs to beat ex-world champion Joseph Parker from New Zealand – the fight will take place on September 24.
Ex-world champion Andy Ruiz talked about how to beat Usyk – Joyce could theoretically and stylistically pull this option. And British experts are too harsh on the loser, they say: Usyk again took Joshua to school.
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