Comments Thread For: Anthony Joshua vs. Oleksandr Usyk Rematch Slated For March In UK

[Noelanthony]

So Usyk goes on the road, beats Aj’s ass and the perk he gets for being champion is that he has to fight in Ajs home country again? Hearn doing everything possible to stack the cards in Ajs favor. I hope Aj gets stopped this time so that he can take the backseat wear he belongs and let the real fights that matter happen.

You didn't have this energy when Wilder gate crashed the possibility of seeing a undisputed fight. Everyone knew Wilder would lose nevertheless why not step aside? Why should he!! AJ fought the wrong fight, say what you want about him but he has the tools and at least the size and power to impose his will. He has a second opportunity, if he fails again then he should sit down

As for USYK where do you think he would like the fight to take place ? I'm sure he is being rewarded. Usyk is highly regarded in this country he will have his fair share of supporters here.

[Akutalee]

Aj win this by knockout I don't care what people says now, he not going to fight in Usyk way this time around

[M312]

So Usyk goes on the road, beats Aj’s ass and the perk he gets for being champion is that he has to fight in Ajs home country again? Hearn doing everything possible to stack the cards in Ajs favor. I hope Aj gets stopped this time so that he can take the backseat wear he belongs and let the real fights that matter happen.

Almost as if Hearn is doing his job. Crazy.

[P to the J]

He doesn’t need that much adjustments. He just needs to sort himself out mentally and stop overthinking things and go in there with bad intentions.

He caught Usyk flush and wobbled him a few times in the first fight - he just pulled back from those punches and jabbed them rather than hit Usyk with bad intentions. And these were instances where nothing was coming back because they were counters. If he had hit Usyk with bad intentions - he won’t be where he’s today.

AJ will be more decisive with his shots this fight, but mark my words, the hesitancy last time out saved him, because he knows if his right or left stays out there, Usyk will hit him with 3 or 4.

And I’m not interested in what people say about fighters allegedly being cruiser weights or feather fisted; Boxers not renowned for KO power, such as Usyk, Loma and Fury, have enough accuracy and reflexive speed to more than compensate for an ostensible lack of power when they start sitting down on their punches.
Then they start hurting.

Not only do I think Usyk beats any version of Joshua, I think Usyk will knock him out if AJ fights like you want him to.

No disrespect intended with all that. I’ll discuss it with you on fight night, for sure

[P to the J]

Aj win this by knockout I don't care what people says now, he not going to fight in Usyk way this time around

Happy to accept it if I’m wrong, but I think once this rematch is done, people will realise AJ’s reached his ceiling at HW.

There exists a huge gulf between the level of his, Wilder’s and Fury’s combined opponents (perhaps bar Wlad) and Usyk. And I think once the fight’s done, observers will alter their stance and believe AJ did well just to take rounds from Usyk, rather than “he lost to an inflated cruiser”.

[Shadoww702]

Aj win this by knockout I don't care what people says now, he not going to fight in Usyk way this time around

Yeah that's my thoughts also. AJ going to win the rematch

[4truth]

He doesn’t need that much adjustments. He just needs to sort himself out mentally and stop overthinking things and go in there with bad intentions.

He caught Usyk flush and wobbled him a few times in the first fight - he just pulled back from those punches and jabbed them rather than hit Usyk with bad intentions. And these were instances where nothing was coming back because they were counters. If he had hit Usyk with bad intentions - he won’t be where he’s today.

With his foot on the gas Joshua took some rounds in the middle of the first fight and it was impressive and it looked like he had turned the tide. Unfortunately, that attack wasn't sustainable and I don't think Joshua can improve on his fitness from the first fight.

I do think Joshua can win it but he's not going to do it expending extra energy he hasn't got. Joshua needs to land more jabs and pick his spots to be aggressive., he needs to be more efficient. The good news is that I don't think Usyk can improve much on his performance. The first fight was close, basically even after 8 but Joshua couldn't win another point on any judges card 9 through 12.

[TMLT87]

Shouldve been held in Ukraine, or the US. Loser getting the privilege of an automatic rematch AND his choice of location for it.

[Inspired]

So Usyk goes on the road, beats Aj’s ass and the perk he gets for being champion is that he has to fight in Ajs home country again? Hearn doing everything possible to stack the cards in Ajs favor. I hope Aj gets stopped this time so that he can take the backseat wear he belongs and let the real fights that matter happen.

Which fights would those be? don't tell me 'fury vs usyk' because usyk himself wanted a rematch clause. He wanted it so he could take a bigger cut of the revenue. As for the venue, Usyk won olympic gold in London 2012. He likes fighting in the UK.
Fury can't even take high entropy fights back to back in the same calender year. Always needs a long break to recover. So he needs a long time off. Don't forget Fury also faked covid to buy himself time for the wilder fight.

[Kzbox]

Which fights would those be? don't tell me 'fury vs usyk' because usyk himself wanted a rematch clause. He wanted it so he could take a bigger cut of the revenue. As for the venue, Usyk won olympic gold in London 2012. He likes fighting in the UK.
Fury can't even take high entropy fights back to back in the same calender year. Always needs a long break to recover. So he needs a long time off. Don't forget Fury also faked covid to buy himself time for the wilder fight.

Nobody knows if Fury faked covid i have no idea why ppl claim that like he didn’t bully and beat the **** out of Wilder in the second fight, if it was a remotely close fight maybe it would have some substance but it was a one sided beat down not sure why Fury would be scared or fake for more time.