Via Charles Brun: Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter, Alex Krassyuk, revealed on Monday that discussions are underway to potentially hold a rematch with Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia at the end of June.
Joshua is no stranger to fighting in Saudi Arabia, and he beat thousands there after beating Andy Ruiz Jr by a unanimous 12th round in their rematch in December 2019.
Given Joshua’s record in Saudi Arabia, he shouldn’t have too many complaints about a return there unless there is an urgent need on his part to bring the rematch back to the UK.
“This position is being discussed at the moment,Usyk promoter, Alex Krassyuk, told Sports sky about a rematch with Joshua likely to be held in Saudi Arabia. “The end of June is also the time that we are looking at now.
“A lot will depend on how quickly we manage to do the paperwork,” Krassyuk continued about the Joshua vs. Usyk 2. “The good thing is that Usyk went to Europe to start his preparations.”
It would make sense on two levels to hold a Joshua-Usyk 2 rematch in Saudi Arabia. want to stage it.
One has the feeling that Hearn wants Joshua to have as much support as possible to help him get to the finish line.
With AJ’s career on the verge of collapseIt’s understandable why Hearn hit the drum to bring the rematch back to England.
Given that Usyk won his first bout against Joshua, holding a rematch in Saudi Arabia would be the right thing to do rather than pressure him to return to the UK.
In some respects, it would have been better for Joshua to win the rematch because if Usyk were to beat him again, that would essentially close the door on confrontation and potentially cause AJ to retire. .
If Joshua wins his rematch against Usyk in June, it will set up a rubber match between the two later this year. Anyway, that would be an ideal situation.
The fact that Usyk might be learning Joshua a second time, and make him retire forever with victory. Joshua hasn’t looked the same since he was trailed by Andy Ruiz Jr in their first fight in June 2019.
That loss to Joshua took a toll on him mentally and perhaps physically. Since then, he has looked like a confused boxer, one who is scared to attack and completely lost in the ring.
Although Joshua beat Ruiz in appearance in a rematch and then defeated 40-year-old Kubrat Pulev, he looked timid in both bouts.
“That’s how I’m going to help my country more and better than defend the territory and run around Kyiv with machine guns,” Oleksander Usyk said on Instagram about his decision to rematch Joshua.
“He was psychologically beaten as well as injured in the final game,” Barry McGuigan told Secondsout about Joshua in his loss to Usyk last September at Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium in London.
“He looked like he was about to go,” McGuigan said of Joshua being injured in the 12th round by Oleksandr.
“He had to make a radical change and use his physicality. He couldn’t stand by and try to show Usyk. That’s a stupid idea. Who gave him that tactic was totally sarcastic.
“He’s got to knock him down, put pressure, use physical strength and try to get him out of there,” McGuigan said of what Joshua needs to do so he can win first. Usyk at the end of June.
