Treble champion Usik and former boxing champion Anthony Joshua are negotiating their heavyweight boxing double, which is expected to start in April. But during this critical period, Uzik organized professional football training before the war, trying to keep a sharp state in this way.
It's time for Usik to prepare for his rematch against Joshua's defending WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight titles. The 35-year-old Uzik shocked the boxing world, and at Tottenham Hotspur, he beat Joshua in a 12-legged match.
Tyson Fury and Joshua prepare to fight a united war in early 2022, but Joshua immediately hints at his intentions for revenge, triggering his rematch clause.
Usik announced that he will be training as part of the Ukrainian professional football second-tier polygon Polysia as part of his own winter training camp with Yurij Kalitwentsev. Currently usik Turkish Mediterranean training camp to improve his footwork movement skills to suit his career.
A video posted on the Twitter account of the Polysian club shows Usik changing into a jersey, dribbling training and head training with his teammates, and is expected to play as a striker in a friendly match against another Ukrainian club, Veres Rivne.
"In my childhood, I trained football. Good 'soccer footwork' helps a lot with boxing," Usik said. Usik was a footballer as a teenager, but in 2002 he preferred boxing. At the 2012 London Olympics, Usik won a heavyweight Olympic gold medal.
Boxing fans reacted humorously online, targeting Joshua with the video, suggesting that Usik was so relaxed about the second battle.