The former world champion admitted how difficult it was for him to return to the top of professional boxing.
Anthony Joshua struggled after two losses to Oleksandr Usyk. According to the Briton, when he lost his championship belt, he also lost confidence in himself.
According to the Briton, he experienced great stress after the confrontation with the Ukrainian. In addition, he had to overcome a difficult path again to get a shot at the championship again.
“We started a difficult period after losing to the absolute world heavyweight champion Usik. He became a powerful fighter, a powerful heavyweight. So, after two defeats from him, you understand how it is: you always believe yourself, but it’s hard when people stop believing in you.
You get a lot of pressure from people who say you’re not the same fighter anymore, so you have to go back and rebuild. I went through this rebuilding process, and if you look at the sequence – I’m not saying I beat world champion after world champion – but to get to the world title fight, I had to take some steps. And every fight led to this, so every fight was good progress,” Joshua was quoted as saying by Boxing Scene.
We remind you that the fight between Dubois and Joshua for the IBF championship title will take place on September 21 at Wembley Stadium in London.
Earlier, Dereck Chisora stated that the current Joshua has the ability to knock out Usyk and Fury.
Source: korrespondent
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