The famous British heavyweight boxer Audrey Harrison, who has retired, is worried about Anthony Joshua, who believes that Joshua will have some difficulty in getting revenge on Oreksand Usik. Harrison felt that Joshua had to master the basic techniques in order to be able to defeat Usik in the next second battle.
Joshua had previously said he would pounce on his opponents as soon as possible, a strategy Harrison thought was feasible. Harrison shares similarities with Joshua, both of whom are Olympic champions, with Harrison winning the superweight gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Harrison was worried about Joshua because the opponent's amateur boxing base was relatively weak (48-3), which led to many problems in the confrontation with Uzik.
Compared with Joshua, Usik's amateur boxing foundation is quite solid, he has participated in two Olympic Games, the entire amateur record is 335 wins and 5 losses, so Usik is extremely experienced, and at the same time, with basic skills, he has overcome Joshua's strength and physical advantages.
Harrison said: "Joshua had a hard time dealing with Usik, technically, Usik is a top amateur boxer, Russia and Ukraine have a history of training great amateur boxers. Joshua has said that he will pounce on Usik in the second game, and I think Joshua needs to do that, but there has to be the right basic technique, he needs to do a lot of tricks in the rematch, he can't just pounce on it, if you don't use your own stinging, Usik will continue to go in and out, it will become very easy. ”
Although he agreed with Joshua's strategy and supported the other side, Harrison thought it would be difficult for Joshua to accomplish these things. Harrison said: "Every time when Usik is close, you have to beat him up and turn him around, these things are not easy for Joshua to do, he can jump up and stun his opponent, but it's hard to do, I don't think Joshua can." ”
Joshua didn't have much time to delve into how to defeat Usik, especially when it came to the basics, because it was already fixed and Joshua could only try his best for a limited amount of time.
Harrison said: "From a stylistic point of view, Joshua is not Mike Tyson, Richie Hatton, he lacks that style of play, so Joshua needs to add some basic elements to the game and at the same time need to have a clear plan, if it doesn't work, to have a second option, you have to have a plan A and plan B, I think Joshua will be fine. ”
Joshua can take advantage of more of his physical and strength advantages, some boxing fans believe that in 2020, Usik was chased by Derek Chessola for a long time, but unfortunately Joshua is not Chesola, as Harrison said, he does not have the oppressive style of Tyson and Hatton, and at the same time, physical fitness, ability to resist blows is also a big problem, if Joshua really chases Usik, physical fitness is likely to be exhausted in the halfway, but Harrison is right, Joshua must develop different strategies, Joshua had only one strategy when he lost to Usik, which was unimaginable and his team had to take the main responsibility.