Garcia paid tribute to the Ukrainian WBA Super, IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight champion. He pretty much praised Usyk, however, he believes that his ward is capable of defeating the Ukrainian in the upcoming fight.

" I can tell by the way he thinks, the way he talks, and the way he trains hard in the gym..

I think he had a bad strategy, but that's in the past.. Usyk was better that night, congratulations, but on August 20 we are going to do everything in our power to take back the titles. I know Anthony can do it. He's bigger, physically stronger, has longer arms, and we plan to take advantage of that..

Of course, we need to be ready for any little thing.. Usyk is an amazing fighter. He has skills, reflexes, accuracy - a complete set. But I believe that Anthony has all the necessary tools to beat him..

I want my first world heavyweight champion. I already have 14 champions and he will be my 15th. My first heavyweight champion, it will be a big deal for me,"

We add that Joshua changed his coach after losing the first fight. Under the leadership of Garcia, he hopes to take revenge from the Ukrainian.

The duel between Usyk and Joshua will take place on August 20 in the city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.. On the eve of the official announcement of revenge between the Ukrainian and the British.

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 held 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..

32-year-old Joshua has 24 wins (22 by knockout) and two losses. 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.