Size Don’t Matter, AJ Will Fall Like A Pack Of Card -Usyk

Unbeaten Olympic gold medal winner Oleksandr Usyk is not intimidated by the size advantage in Saturday’s fight with WBO, IBF, WBA, IBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua.

The fight with Joshua will take place before a hostile crowd of over 60,000 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Usyk is the smaller man, who moved up from the cruiserweight ranks in 2019.

He dominated the cruiserweight ranks and unified the entire weight class in 2018 – when he won a lopsided twelve round unanimous decision over Murat Gassiev in the final round of the World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight tournament.

He expects the fight with Joshua to start off as a boxing match, with each fighter picking his spots.

Based on the history of the heavyweight division, Usyk has no concerns regarding any size or power difference – and points to David Haye’s decision to move up to heavyweight and his eventual big win to capture the WBA title from a 7’1, 300+ pound Nikolai Valuev.

“I think, at first, it will be chess,” Usyk said.

“People talk a lot. They say the truth, or they don’t say the truth. It’s all talk. We will see on Saturday what happens.

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“The power is not about whether someone is big or small. It’s in your spirit. David Haye was three times smaller than Nikolai Valuev which shows that it doesn’t matter.”

Joshua is not underestimating Usyk and anticipates a tough contest.

“These are the best days of my life,” Joshua said.

“I’m not an easy fight for anyone. I like fighting. There has to be a reason why I’m here. It has been quick. There has to be a reason. If you told me I was fighting King Kong, I’d give it a go.”

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Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk Ukrainian: born 17 January 1987)

is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He reigned as the undisputed cruiserweight champion from 2018 until he vacated his titles in 2019, being the first cruiserweight in history to hold all four major world championships—the WBA (Super), WBC, IBF and WBO titles.


As an amateur, Usyk won gold medals at the 2011 World Championships and 2012 Olympics, both in the heavyweight division. He turned professional in 2013 and won the undisputed cruiserweight championship in his 15th professional fight in 2018. Three of his titles were won during the inaugural World Boxing Super Series, in which he won the Muhammad Ali Trophy, as well as The Ring magazine and lineal cruiserweight titles. For his achievements, Usyk was named the 2018 Fighter of the Year by Sports Illustrated, ESPN, The Ring, and the Boxing Writers Association of America.

In 2018 Usyk became the fourth male boxer in history to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO titles, after Jermain Taylor, Bernard Hopkins and Terence Crawford. He was the first Ukrainian undisputed champion. He is particularly notable for the speed of his accomplishments, winning his first world title in his tenth fight, and becoming the undisputed champion of his weight class by his fifteenth fight. Usyk vacated his cruiserweight titles in 2019 to move up to heavyweight. By that point, in sixteen fights he had defeated five current or former world champions.

As of June 2021, Usyk is ranked as the world's fourth-best active boxer, pound for pound, by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB) and The Ring, and eighth by ESPN,as well as the world's fourth-best active heavyweight by BoxRec[8] and ESPN,[9] and tenth by TBRB.

Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua, OBE (born 15 October 1989) is a British professional boxer. He is a two-time unified world heavyweight champion, having held the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO titles since December 2019, and previously between 2016 and June 2019. At regional level, he held the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles from 2015 to 2016.


As an amateur, Joshua represented England at the 2011 World Championships in the super-heavyweight division, winning a silver medal. He also represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics, winning gold. In 2014, a year after turning professional, he was named Prospect of the Year by The Ring magazine. In 2017, his victorious fight against Wladimir Klitschko was named Fight of the Year by The Ring and the Boxing Writers Association of America. Joshua is the second British boxer, after James DeGale, to win both a gold medal at the Olympics and a world title by a major professional sanctioning body, as well as the first British heavyweight to do so.

As of June 2021, Joshua is ranked as the world's second-best active heavyweight by The Ring, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and BoxRec,[2] as well as the seventh-best active boxer, pound for pound, by BoxRec. He has been ranked by BoxRec as among the world's top 10 heavyweights since 2014, and was ranked at No. 1 at the conclusion of 2016 and 2017. Joshua's knockout-to-win percentage stands at 91.67%, with an overall knockout percentage of 70% in world heavyweight title fights.

lamba,....all na to boost thr ticket sales n pay per view revenue of the fight..
its Aj n fury the world wants to see before dt wilder come spoil tinz..
I think its better wilder take a rest or use rap as side hustle bcox if e enter ring with fury again this year or next eeh, I swear na 3 years him go spend for ICU dis time

robosky02:
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk Ukrainian: born 17 January 1987)

is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He reigned as the undisputed cruiserweight champion from 2018 until he vacated his titles in 2019, being the first cruiserweight in history to hold all four major world championships—the WBA (Super), WBC, IBF and WBO titles.

Oleksandr Usyk
Олександр Усик
Oleksandr Usyk training - 20150409 - 24
Usyk in 2015
Statistics
Real name
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk
Nickname(s)
The Cat
Weight(s)
Cruiserweight
Heavyweight
Height
6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Reach
78 in (198 cm)
Nationality
Ukrainian
Born
17 January 1987 (age 34)
Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR,
Soviet Union
Stance
Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights
18
Wins
18
Wins by KO
13
Losses
0
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing Ukraine
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Heavyweight
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Plovdiv Middleweight
Gold medal – first place 2008 Liverpool Light-heavyweight
Strandzha Cup
Gold medal – first place 2008 Plovdiv Light-heavyweight
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Milan Heavyweght
Gold medal – first place 2011 Baku Heavyweight
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2008 Moscow Heavyweight
Representing Crimea
Ukrainian National Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Kryvyi Rih Heavyweight



As an amateur, Usyk won gold medals at the 2011 World Championships and 2012 Olympics, both in the heavyweight division. He turned professional in 2013 and won the undisputed cruiserweight championship in his 15th professional fight in 2018. Three of his titles were won during the inaugural World Boxing Super Series, in which he won the Muhammad Ali Trophy, as well as The Ring magazine and lineal cruiserweight titles. For his achievements, Usyk was named the 2018 Fighter of the Year by Sports Illustrated, ESPN, The Ring, and the Boxing Writers Association of America.

In 2018 Usyk became the fourth male boxer in history to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO titles, after Jermain Taylor, Bernard Hopkins and Terence Crawford. He was the first Ukrainian undisputed champion. He is particularly notable for the speed of his accomplishments, winning his first world title in his tenth fight, and becoming the undisputed champion of his weight class by his fifteenth fight. Usyk vacated his cruiserweight titles in 2019 to move up to heavyweight. By that point, in sixteen fights he had defeated five current or former world champions.

As of June 2021, Usyk is ranked as the world's fourth-best active boxer, pound for pound, by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB) and The Ring, and eighth by ESPN,as well as the world's fourth-best active heavyweight by BoxRec[8] and ESPN,[9] and tenth by TBRB.

boss forget all this hype, stats n formats....person wey Aj go beat like who tief car battery for Onitsha market.
this gee is more focused on his cut from d figh even if he loses because him, his agent n even his relatives n e village people self know say Ah go too beat am
Wetin go pain me pass b say na knockout e go chop n him no go reach 10 rounds
.

Ẹsẹ ma na pà eniyan!


Good luck to AJ

paulolee:

boss forget all this hype, stats n formats....person wey Aj go beat like who shout sai baba for Onitsha market..
the gee. is more focused on his cut from d figh even if he loses because him agent n even relatives n e village people self know say Ah go too beat am
.

I share your sentiment



Its tomorrow night Saturday

Anthony Joshua is stronger and better

Lie

Aj needs to shut this dude up with a mad K.O!!

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Everybody nah egberi papa until dem chop punch faint.

This is going to be a battle between strength (AJ) and stamina (Usyk). If AJ must win, It's gonna be by a TKO.

This opponent looks a bit scary and the quiet type that just wanna go out there and perform.

Though undefeated and highly ranked. Pride comes before a downfall.
No matter how boastful a boxer is before a fight, he will still get a red eye or a swollen face after the fight whether he wins or loses

I believe you

Y

See

AJ make us proud again

Noted

Ok

I swear Aj go finish this guy

AJ fisish Him.


xxbbccxxab on sega that year.

If you no play am sorry.

Ija o dola

It will be a tough match, but I see AJ making us proud again!

Time please?

Ok

Elenu

Usyk!!!!!.......A complete and talented southpaw boxer........Aj will have to work hard for this....

Hyped
we can only watch the fight
but I see Aj winning hopefully.