Robert Garcia believes one of Anthony Joshua 's reasons for choosing him as his new coach was his past experience with Oleksandr Usyk.
Usyk has previously spent time training at Garcia's boxing gym in Oxnard. The Ukrainian outpointed Joshua to win his heavyweight belts when they fought last September, as their rematch will likely take place in August.
A former undisputed cruiserweight champion, Usyk has an intimidating appearance but has been labelled a "sweetheart" by Garcia. The trainer admitted it's easy to be intimated by Usyk's "serial killer" looks but the Ukrainian is a great person once you get to know him.
