The only belt missing from Usyk’s collection is Fury’s WBC strap, which he has retained despite insisting he is retired
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Rather, Joshua, after the result was announced, slammed on the floor two of the four belts and stormed out of the ring
But Joshua’s performance was marred by his post-fight actions when he picked up two of the four belts on offer, slammed them on the canvas and stormed out of the ring in anger
Joshua is set to rematch Ukranian Oleksandr Usyk in Jeddah Saudi Arabia, less than a year after suffering a lopsided unanimous decision defeat to the former cruiserweight in September.
Joshua insisted he will carry on fighting even if he fails to retrieve his world heavyweight titles from the Ukrainian.
“I wanted to outbox my opponent, whether it was Usyk or anyone else, that was the mindset [in the first fight].
In September, ‘AJ’ dropped his WBA (super), IBF, and WBO heavyweight titles to the Ukrainian on home soil. At the time, he was criticised massively for not using his size and strength enough and is expected to adopt a more aggressive approach for their second bout.
The Mexican star has been looking to regather momentum in his heavyweight career since losing his rematch to Anthony Joshua in 2019. Ruiz Jr outpointed Chris Arreola in a lacklustre display last year, and is now looking to take another step back to the top when he faces Luis Ortiz this September.
Ruiz floored the British superstar four times and stopped him when they first clashed in 2019, but AJ insists Wladimir Klitschko hit him harder when he was floored by the heavyweight legend in their 2017 battle.
But rumours persist that the WBC champion will consider a comeback to fight the winner of AJ’s rematch with Usyk.
The 33-year-old beat Dillian Whyte at England’s national stadium in April, and has since insisted that he is now retired from the sport.
The last time Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua were together in London the former had just handed the latter a punishing 12-round defeat at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to dethrone the champion and take the IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles.
One of the biggest Heavyweight rematches in the history of the sport, Usyk vs. Joshua 2, is tagged: “Rage on the Red Sea’”
DAZN have assumed the role of the exciting, new and influential player in this current digital era within the sports entertainment market. Joshua has fought on Sky Sports for the entirety of his career, with promoter Eddie Hearn previously securing an exclusive deal with the broadcaster to the Brit’s fights.
Garcia – the brother of four-division world champion Mikey Garcia – revealed he is not the only person Joshua has added to his team in his bid to become a three-time heavyweight world champion.
Former world lightweight champion and two-time Olympic gold medallist, Vasiliy Lomachenko, also returned to help defend his hometown
The pair first met for the belts back in September, and even though Joshua almost immediately invoked his rematch clause, the fight has yet to happen.
The 32-year-old toured the United States of America late last year and visited several gyms, including Garcia’s.
Usyk will defend his unified world heavyweight titles for the first time against Joshua after the Brit exercised an immediate rematch clause following their September fight in London. He has left war-torn Ukraine to train for the clash, which is expected to take place in Saudi Arabia on July 23.
The British star’s revenge mission remains likely to take place this summer in Saudi Arabia, 10 months after he lost his belts to the Ukrainian. The rematch has already been delayed once with Usyk bravely taking up arms against Russian invasion.