Ukrainian Alexander Usik and his British rival Anthony Joshua have chosen boxing gloves in which they will play the heavyweight championship fight.
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Anthony and Alexander also made a joint selfie on the eve of the fight.. And then the Briton asked the Ukrainian to take another picture for his team.. On the eve of the duel, Usik and Joshua stood on the scales - the Briton outweighed the Ukrainian by 8.6 kg. After the weigh-in procedure, the boxers had a final duel of views.
The duel between Usyk and Joshua will take place on September 25 in London at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium. Beginning approximately at 23:50 Kiev time.
At stake in this fight will be the IBF, WBO, WBA and IBO World Heavyweight titles owned by Joshua..
The 34-year-old Usik defeated Derek Chisora \u200b\u200bin the last fight and defended the title of mandatory contender for the WBO belt. Alexander won all of his 18 career fights, two of which he spent in the heavyweight division.
On account of 31-year-old Joshua 24 wins (22 - by KO) in the professionals with one defeat. In the last fight in December last year, he knocked out the Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev.
As TSN Prosport reported, Usyk came in a Joker costume to a press conference and the first duel of views with Joshua.