I have to do more and something different to beat Usyk
Anthony Joshua says he has to do more and something different against Oleksandr Usyk if he wants to regained his world heavyweight title on August 20.
The British heavyweight champion once again faced a new champion in his second press conference in London yesterday with just over seven weeks to go before the night of the fight.
Speaking to a media panel after a press reporter, the former champion was asked if his thinking now was the same as it was before his rematch against Andy Ruiz Jr in December 2019. That night in Diriyah , Joshua became a two-time heavyweight champion avenging him. failed shock six months earlier.
“To an extent. I have to come back again, do more of what I did the first time and do something different.”
Andi Purewal of Boxing Social tells Joshua he has noticed him observing footage from the first battle before the press conference began, this prompted some ball boxing from the 32-year-old. So, what goes through his mind when he watches those clips from last year’s loss to Usyk?
“Adrenaline starts pumping, practically kicks in, this is what we’re aiming for. You leave the boot camp, and that opens up to you what we’re aiming for. “
“That’s why I started boxing balls and [I] Speak [to myself] if this is a walk in the ring how am i going to deal with it now? “
AJ promoter Eddie Hearn says Joshua has realized the fighting style he was trying for the first time was not the right way to beat the Ukrainian.
In a wide-ranging interview with Social boxing Hearn says:
“By his own admission, he went in there, last time to try and box Oleksandr Usyk. He did it now and realizes it was a bad act.”
“So he has to adapt and he has to change, and he will. He has a whole arsenal of weapons to win this war. He just needs to put it in the game, listen to Robert [Garcia]execute the game plan and I believe he will win.”