Anthony Joshua will be hoping that he can regain his heavyweight titles with a win against Oleksandr Usyk tonight in Saudi Arabia.
Usyk won their first fight via unanimous decision last September at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and they will meet once again on August 20 in Saudi Arabia, with 'AJ' hoping to reclaim the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles he lost in that fight.
That bout continued former WBA (Super), WBC, IBF and WBO cruiserweight champion Usyk's undefeated career while it inflicted just the second ever defeat suffered by Joshua. The first defeat for the former Olympic gold medallist came against Andy Ruiz Jr back in 2019 via TKO.
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Joshua says that he is back to regain his crown in the 'Rage on the Red Sea', saying that he will not worry about his previous defeat to the Ukrainian fighter: “It's hard to say from a head to head who's going to win a championship fight. So I don't tend to look into head to heads so deeply, but for some they could think that's a 1-0 victory. That's down to opinion anyway.
He added: “In terms of old AJ, same old G, I’m just doing what I’m doing. Grafting away. It is a rough and tough sport. Fighting these lefties is a nightmare! And I cannot make the same mistake twice. I am hungry and desperate but at the end of the day how I perform will speak.”
Anthony Joshua fight record
- Professional record: 24-1-0
- KOs: 22
- Rounds: 112
- Professional debut: 05/10/13
- beat Emanuele Leo by TKO – 05/10/13
- beat Paul Butlin by TKO – 26/10/13
- beat Hrvoje Kisicek by TKO – 14/11/13
- beat Dorian Darch by TKO – 01/02/14
- beat Hector Alfredo Avila by KO – 01/03/14
- beat Matt Legg by KO – 31/05/14
- beat Matt Skelton by TKO – 12/07/14
- beat Konstantin Airich by TKO – 13/09/14
- beat Denis Bakhtov by TKO – 11/10/14
- beat Michael Sprott by TKO – 22/11/14
- beat Jason Gavern by KO – 04/04/15
- beat Raphael Zumbano by TKO – 09/05/15
- beat Kevin Johnson by TKO – 30/05/15
- beat Gary Cornish by TKO – 12/09/15
- beat Dillian Whyte by TKO – 12/12/15
- beat Charles Martin by KO – 09/04/16
- beat Dominic Breazeale by TKO – 25/06/16
- beat Eric Molina by TKO – 10/12/16
- beat Wladimir Klitschko by TKO – 29/04/17
- beat Carlos Takam by TKO – 28/10/17
- beat Joseph Parker by UD – 31/03/18
- beat Alexander Povetkin by TKO – 22/09/18
- lost to Andy Ruiz Jr. by TKO – 01/06/19
- beat Andy Ruiz Jr. by UD – 07/12/19
- beat Kubrat Pulev by KO – 12/12/2020
- lost to Oleksandr Usyk by UD - 25/10/2021
