Anthony Joshua admits he can’t blow away Oleksandr Usyk in Saturday's rematch because he’s no Mike Tyson.
Joshua was criticised after losing his world heavyweight titles to Usyk because he did not use his superior strength and power to hurt him. The two-time world heavyweight champ says his gameplan was to box Usyk because he is not like revered KO king Tyson, even though 22 of his 24 wins have been inside the distance.
Joshua's admission is worrying and he has hinted he will try to use the same tactics against Usyk, even though this could again play into the hands of the more skilful Ukrainian. “I don’t think I hurt him in the first fight, but I didn’t try to,” said Joshua. “It may sound crazy, but the objective was never to land damaging shots, it was to land scoring punches - pap, pap, pap, the art of boxing.
