Reigning WBA/IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is looking at his retirement plan. The 35-year-old, who unified all four belts at cruiserweight before moving up to the heavyweight division, says he “can have three more fights at the very most.”
Tyson Fury got his teapot boiling today about the praise that IBF, WBA & WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is receiving from the boxing community over the skills that he showed with his back-to-back victories over Oleksandr Usyk.
Steve Cunningham says unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk will defeat Tyson Fury by split decision or disqualification. Cunningham feels that Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) is a better boxer than Fury, and he’ll be able to beat him with the angles, movement & volume punching.
Teddy Atlas believes one of the judges, Glenn Feldman, that scored last Saturday’s fight in favor of Anthony Joshua over unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, was attempting to rob him of his victory.
Promoter Eddie Hearn is convinced that Anthony Joshua will win tonight if he goes after Oleksandr Usyk with guns blazing, unloading his power shots to the body.
Promoter Bob Arum is confident Tyson Fury will be lured out of retirement after this Saturday’s rematch between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk to face the winner for the undisputed heavyweight championship.
Anthony Joshua says Tyson Fury will come out of retirement “100%” to fight him. Joshua feels that Fury is “bored” and doesn’t know what to do with his life after his recent retirement.
As fans know, Eddie Hearn has stated how Anthony Joshua will fight again this year, after his August 20th rematch with Oleksandr Usyk, whether he wins or loses.
Tyson Fury is picking IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk to do the job on Anthony Joshua by beating him in their rematch next month on August 20th in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Former trainer Teddy Atlas believes that Anthony Joshua accepts losses too easily at this point in his career, and he feels that his attitude may be influenced by him having already made so much money during his nine-year professional career.