This summer, former world heavyweight Anthony Joshua is expected to play his old rival Orekosander Usik twice, and if he takes revenge on his opponent, he will become a three-time world champion on par with Muhammad Ali, Ivan Horleyfield, Lennox Lewis and others.
In September last year, Joshua lost the game at home to England against Usik, losing the WBA, IBF and WBO three boxing championship belts, usik became the third boxer in history to make a breakthrough from subweight to heavyweight after Ivan Hollyfield and David Haye.
The winner of the second match, Joshua and Usik, which is expected to take place on July 23, is a popular host for the rematch, and the winner of this match is expected to face WBC heavyweight Tyson Furi by the end of the year, determining the undisputed supremacy of his class since Lennox Lewis in 1999. At present, Furi confirms that he will "retire", but in the eyes of the outside world, the huge temptation of the boxing king's unified battle will make him fight again.
Given that Usik beat Joshua in one battle point, many people feel that he will become the favorite to win the second battle, and if Usik wins again, Joshua's days as an elite star will come to an end, so this is indeed a problem.
This week, in an interview with and boxing expert Andy Clark, a well-known analyst and boxing expert, he talked about joshua and usik's double battle, and when asked what the consequences of Joshua's victory and defeat would be different. Clark said: "If Joshua loses to Usik, he will find himself in a situation where he has to appeal and plead for a game, and probably no one will come forward to contact him, because Joshua is no longer a star." If Joshua beats Usik and regains the world title it will put him at the top again, but I think Joshua's peak is over and he will lose to Usik for the second time. ”
Regarding the future of the boxing battle, there are rumors that whether Joshua or Usik and Fury will sign a rematch agreement, clark believes that the winner of the first game will become the undisputed overlord, but the second game will not receive all the honors even if someone succeeds in revenge.
Clark said: "I am very optimistic, that is, the winner of joshua vs usik's second match will fight Furi in December, if there is no special reason, this game will not be affected, but many things are more complicated than imagined, the boxers on both sides who fight the boxing championship may sign a rematch agreement, the first battle will be approved by all boxing organizations, then a recognized champion will be born, the situation will be different, that is, the winner will not be recognized, because the title of boxing champion will be split after the end of the battle." Unless the first battle is a draw and continues to be approved by the relevant boxing organization, the second battle will not compete for all championship titles. ”
If Joshua loses to Usik again in the second battle, the situation will be very bad, what situation Clark has said above, as to whether Joshua's peak period has ended, this is not discussed, but it is certain that Joshua's value will be greatly reduced, falling out of the ranks of first-line stars, so he must go all out to fight for revenge Usik, but sometimes the winner and loser in boxing confrontations, in addition to strength and weakness, style problems are also crucial, many people are unable to solve the problem of boxing.