Former heavyweight triple-champion Anthony Joshua revealed that he has designed a new game plan, that is, to rely on the strong efforts of physical hardware to win the KO to upgrade the other Uzik, and he is eagerly looking forward to defeating his opponent in the second match with the active boxer Alexander Usik and regaining the three lost heavyweight gold belts.
Joshua gave up his IBF, WBO and WBA heavyweight titles after losing outright to former lightweight boxers last September. Joshua chose to trigger the rematch clause immediately after the defeat, and his opponent Usik recently left his war-torn homeland to begin his training preparations.
Last year, Joshua was heavily criticised for his performance against Usik, whose longtime manager and friend Rob McCracken took part of the blame. In March, Joshua confirmed that he had fired a decade-long head coach McClaken, promoted his assistant coach Angel Fernandez to his own manager, and hoped that Angel Fernandez would take him back to the peak of the previous KO rate, and the two had been busy devising a new technical and tactical arrangement to avenge Usik.
Speaking to students at Oxford United, Joshua said: "It seems to me that in the 12-legged match between me and Usik, he won at most two more rounds than me, and then he became the king of boxing. So the goal now is to get back to basic skills training and fight for KO Usik. I always felt that when I played against people, I actually saw that their spirit had been bruised by me. ”
"Honestly, when you look this guy in the eye and look at his body, you can read his body, punch after punch, and the guy is slowly disappearing. When you're in boxing, the art of boxing is hitting the other person hard without being hit by the other person. My style is to create difficulties for the opponent at close range, and that's the game plan. ”
A tactical mistake in joshua, and a better Uzik grinding point than his own, led to defeat. This time Joshua sought a KO opponent to win. Judging from Joshua's comprehensive strength and physical hardware, although Uzik's technique is very good, he is after all a sub-heavyweight, and his stature and strength are inferior to Joshua. As long as Joshua is desperate, does not fear the end, and lets go of the hand to fight, it is possible to defeat Usik.