Watch: Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua participate in a chilling face-off ahead of the highly anticipated rematch

Watch: Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua participate in a chilling face-off ahead of the highly anticipated rematch

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Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk are set to take on each other on August 20 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The fight had been on the table for a long time now but due to some reason, it got delayed. One of the major reasons is, that Usyk going back to his country Ukraine for the war against Russia. The fighter got enlisted in the Ukrainian army and was involved during the invasion.

The pair last fought one another last year on September 25th inside the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in North London. Usyk challenged AJ for the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles. Usyk was smaller in size and was not the favourite going into the fight. However, the Ukrainian performed incredibly and defeated AJ in front of his home crowd.

For AJ it is an opportunity to get revenge for the humiliation he faced last time and the fighter had made changes accordingly. Joshua is currently training under Robert Garcia who is focusing more on Joshua’s offensive powers.

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Ahead of the fight, Joshua claimed he is much more focused and motivated for the win.

” I now have my date with history set to become three-time unified heavyweight champion of the world. What an opportunity… A happy fighter is a dangerous fighter and I am the happiest and most motivated I’ve been.”

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Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk’s brutal face-off

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Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk rematch in the works

Recently Matchroom Boxing posted a clip on their Twitter account of the fighters during the promotional shoot.

In the clip, both Usyk and Joshua can be seen standing against each other and looking into each other’s eyes. The camera crew shot the whole scene as the atmosphere got more intense.

This fight is being promoted as ‘Rage On The Red Sea’ and it is going to be a huge pay-per-view event. It is reported that for the fight the Saudi Arabia site deal is $80 million which will be breaking the record they paid to AJ vs Andy Ruiz in 2019.

The fight purse is expected to be split 50-50 between the fighters and fans are super excited for this showdown.

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