Oleksandr Usyk seems to have packed on muscle mass for his rematch with Anthony Joshua, reside on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace this Saturday.
Usyk is the smaller man who, although beforehand an undisputed champion at 200lbs, stepped up in weight to upset Joshua final 12 months.
In September on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London he dealt with Joshua’s benefits in top and attain of their first battle, however the indicators are he has piled on extra bulk for the rematch.
Usyk displayed his cat-like reflexes with a shocking coin trick on the media exercise for Saturday’s rematch with Anthony Joshua, reside on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace
British star Amir Khan noticed Usyk in camp in Dubai as he ready for Saturday’s showdown.
Khan claimed: “He placed on an additional 15kgs and seemed great.”
Usyk himself has not truly revealed how a lot additional weight he might need added to his body. That can solely be decided on the weigh-in on Friday.
Usyk v Joshua 2: Weigh-In
Friday nineteenth August 12:30pm
The champion’s conditioning actually made an impression on Khan, although. “After seeing him work out, he impressed me,” Khan stated.
“Usyk seemed in nice form. He stated he is targeted and prepared and could be very assured.”
Placing on additional weight does have implications for Saturday’s battle. It was Usyk’s pace, motion and agility that had been so essential in final 12 months’s victory over Joshua.
The competition this weekend then will probably be unpredictable. “Laborious to say, 50-50 who wins,” Khan added.
Former cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson believes it signifies each fighters will probably be going for a knockout.
“The truth that it appears like he is coming in heavier, will that be a detriment to his fashion? I feel it can,” Nelson stated.
Usyk depends on pace and reflexes. Will additional weight have slowed him down?
“As a cruiserweight he had everybody’s quantity, as a heavyweight he is going by looking for his ft. Sure, he beat Anthony Joshua, he struggled however received the win with Derek Chisora. Now he is crammed out much more, will he have the identical motion, fluidity, pace? Will he have the ability to maintain that up for 12 rounds? I’ve by no means seen him preventing, boxing, wanting so heavy.
“His motion and agility has been his godsend so now, issues have modified he is perhaps a bit extra flatfooted, he would possibly punch more durable.
“Naturally, Anthony Joshua is the larger man out of the 2 of them. So now Usyk has artificially put that weight on to problem Joshua and it appears like each fighters are going for the knockout.”
Anthony Joshua’s enormous heavyweight rematch towards Oleksandr Usyk is on Saturday August 20, reside on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace. E book Usyk vs Joshua 2 now!
