Four-time world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield, who trained with Oleksandr Usyk, shared his expectations for the rematch of the Ukrainian from Anthony Joshua.

" The art of boxing is not to get hit. The loser of the first fight must ask himself what I did wrong. So Joshua needs to learn the mistakes. See what he did wrong and fix it But he also should not rely on voices from outside Everyone advises him to be more aggressive with Usyk, but it’s not at all easy to advise, it’s another thing to enter the ring and make your opponent dance to your tune.

As for Usyk, he is not so overall, it is important for him to avoid blows. When I went up to the super heavyweight division, I understood that all the opponents would be bigger and more powerful,"

The second battle between Usyk and Joshua will take place on August 20 in the city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.. 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, 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.