“Together to victory”: Usyk invited the invincible Ukrainian to spar on the eve of the rematch with Joshua

19 July 2022, 18:22 | Sports 
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Ukrainian super heavyweight boxer Oleksandr Zakhozhiy (17-0, 13 KOs), who knocked out Achilles in the last fight, joined the training camp of WBO, WBA and IBF champion Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs).

Zakhozhy announced this on his Instagram page..

\! Total to win! Glory to Ukraine," Zakhozhy participated in the training camp of Usyk and before the first fight of the Ukrainian against Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs).

It should be noted that Usyk also invited Nursultan Amanzholov from Kazakhstan and Congolese boxer Martin Bakole Ilung for sparring.. In June, the official announcement of revenge between the Ukrainian and the British took place..

Recall that on the night of September 26, 2021, Usyk defeated Joshua in London. by unanimous decision - 117-112, 116-112 and 115-113, and won the IBF, WBO, WBA and IBO heavyweight titles. After that, the Briton activated the option of revenge, prescribed in the contract for the first fight..

So in the rematch, all the titles that the Ukrainian took away from the Brit last year will be at stake..

The 35-year-old Usyk has 19 wins (13 by knockout) in 19 fights. He spent three of them in the heavyweight division.. Before that, Alexander became the absolute world champion in the cruiserweight (weight category up to 90.7 kg), having won all four of the most prestigious belts there..

Joshua, 32, has 24 wins (22 by KO) and two losses on his track record.. For the first time, AJ lost in June 2019 to Andy Ruiz, but in December of the same year he defeated the Mexican in a rematch and regained his titles.

Источник: ТСН.ua