Former heavyweight triple-champion Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22KO) released harsh words to the outside world, and in july this year, in the second battle with the Ukrainian Alexander Usik (19-0, 13KO), he had to adopt a different strategy from the first battle, regain the killer nature, brutal KO Usik, and win the revenge war.
Joshua, 32, said: "In a battle, I thought about how to play 12 rounds with Usik, this is my battle plan, I didn't think about KO Usik, I thought about grinding points to beat Usik. But I was mistaken, Usik ended up winning 2 more rounds than I did, which is why he became the world champion.
So in the second battle, I want to regain the essence of the killer and return to the origin of boxing, that is, to win by knocking down the opponent. The art of boxing is to be able to hit an opponent without being hit by an opponent. Carefully observing and defending against Usik's incoming punches is not actually my style. My natural style is to take the initiative and attack to suppress the opponent and make the opponent's situation difficult. That's my plan for World War II. ”
Last September, Joshua lost the throne to Usik at a consistent point disadvantage at home in England. After losing to the Ukrainian, Joshua and his coach McLaken clashed, and in March this year, Joshua revealed that Angel Fernandez became his new coach to work on the tactics to defeat Usik.
It was clear that Joshua wanted to fight more aggressively and aggressively, relying on heavy punches to destroy Usik. In fact, Joshua only has this way to have the possibility of winning, pay attention, just possible, not necessarily feasible.
Because Joshua became cautious after being KO By Ruiz, he knew that his jaw was fragile, and he was afraid to fight and pay attention to defense. Joshua's psychological quality has changed, no longer the brutal KO Povitkin, White's time of the macho, heavy gunner.
Joshua's physical fitness is not very good, it is not difficult to support him to attack continuously, while attacking while paying attention to Uzik's counterattack, which is difficult to achieve.
The editors believe that Joshua's original intention is still positive, and if he goes to grind points steadily, Joshua will have to lose to Usik. Instead of losing like this, it is better to give it a go. At least Joshua has the advantage of physique and strength, and Usik does have weaknesses, and his abdomen is not very resistant. If Joshua had punched ribs, he might have been able to knock out Usik.
It is understood that the second war between Usik and Joshua will be fought in late July this year, and the location has not yet been finalized. It's a 5-5 match, and if Joshua can show the domineering spirit of the past, it is not without the possibility of KO. Of course, if the opportunity is seized by Usik's counterattack, Joshua may also be KO. Let's look forward to a good game. 【Text/Fighting Jianghu】