British ex-boxer Tony Bellew believes that the additional weight gained will interfere with WBA, WBO, IBO and IBF heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in a rematch with Anthony Joshua.

" ) compared to his weight in the last fight, it seems to me that he will not be able to perform in the same way and show his best qualities if he really gained more than 16 pounds. This is absurd.

This will be a good fight. I think Anthony has all the qualities to win and he will do it.. I know what you're saying that Belle is friends with AJ. But I also know directly how good Usyk is,"

Usyk defeated Belle in the fall of 2018 in the heavyweight division. Then the Ukrainian won by knockout in the eighth round.. After that, the Briton announced his retirement.

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, as well as the belt of The Ring magazine, 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.

Previously, TSN Prosport talked about what you need to know about the rematch between Usyk and Joshua.