Usyk admitted being a champ doesn’t give him confidence ahead of Joshua fight
“Usyk is going to go through hell, especially in the first six rounds, because Joshua will do his best and try to use all his power and size to destroy Alexander, tear him down and do everything possible for it.
It will be very difficult, Usyk has to be careful, keep his distance and do the job according to the plan the team has prepared,” Krasyuk said in an interview with YouTube channel Boxing Social.
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Oleksandr Usyk had 16 heavyweight fights and won them all. In 2014, he won the WBO intercontinental champion title, then the WBO world champion title. Titles defended 6 times. In 2018, he won the WBC world title in a fight with Maris Griedis and the WBA (super) and IBF titles in a fight with Murat Gassiev. Defended all titles in a fight with Tony Bellew and moved up to heavyweight.
In heavyweight, he beat Chazz Witherspoon, then Derek Chisora, and won his WBO Inter-Continental title. In the third fight, he defeated Anthony Joshua and won the title of unified world champion in the WBA Super, WBO, IBF and IBO versions. On August 20, there will be a rematch with Joshua and Usyk’s first defense.
Source: Sport
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