Oleksandr Usyk vs. Anthony Joshua II | Sky Sports PPV - 20 August 2022

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If Whyte takes 5 million step aside - that is likely more than he would have got vs Fury as it stood.

I can see Whyte having a fight in the interim - say against Otto Wallin and getting paid a shit load for it!

5 million NOT to fight anyone. Why not.

He won’t be getting 5m against Wallin tho will he?

Maybe not 5 million - but not the 300 K he has been claiming!

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Oleksandr Usyk: Clips of boxer playing football as he's set to play for FC Polissya



World heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk swapped his boxing gloves for football boots this week after announcing that he will play in a friendly match for Ukrainian club FC Polissya.

The 35-year-old was seen training with the side, who play in the Ukrainian First League Persha Liha, which is the second tier of Ukrainian football, ahead of their upcoming game on Thursday.

Video footage from the session showed Usyk being put through his paces as he completed a series of drills, which included some ladder work, dribbling in and out of cones and some heading practice.

The Cat can also be seen participating in a light run, doing some keep ups and pitting his skills against the pros in a training match.

FC Polissya are currently on winter break, with their league season due to get back underway in March.

Their director Volodymyr Zagursky spoke to Ukrainian news site The Times Hub earlier this week about Usyk’s chances of making the side.

“If Usyk strengthens our team, we will offer a professional contract,” he said. “If not, we will just give a chance to try his hand at football. What will Usyk's participation in the tournament look like?

“These moments are kept secret. Watch the tournament and you will see everything.”

While the likelihood of a professional football career is apparently performance dependant, Usyk is set to return to the boxing ring later this year in a hotly anticipated rematch with Anthony Joshua.

He got the better of the Brit when the pair met at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium back in September and will be hoping for another victory this time around.

Joshua, meanwhile, is set to reveal a new trainer ahead of his training camp after splitting from Rob McCracken following the second defeat of his career.

Should Usyk win the fight, which is expected to take place in either March or April of this year, he will likely take on the winner of Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte's WBC title clash. The resulting bout would, in turn, crown the first undisputed heavyweight king in over two decades.

Quite how Usyk would succeed in becoming just the second fighter ever to become an undisputed champion at both cruiserweight and heavyweight, after Evander Holyfield, while also playing professional football, remains to be seen.

For now, though, the champ appears to be enjoying himself while also staying in tip top condition.

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He's a legend isn't he..

I watched the clip before as well.

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[daz74]

adam smith is just hoping AJ will stay loyal and fight Usyk on Sky. Bearing in mind we can’t be far off an announcement shouldn’t he be a bit more bullish ? maybe AJ stays loyal to Hearn and fights on the launch of DAZN PPV ?

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Hearn: Joshua Pumped For Rematch, Says He Will Beat Usyk Without a Trainer

"He will make changes to his training team. But when I sat down with him last Monday about the step aside, he said, ‘I’ll beat Usyk.’ I said, ‘But you haven’t started working with your new trainer yet.’ He said, ‘I’ll beat him without a trainer.‘ He’s pumped for that fight, and it’s a really tough fight," Hearn told The MMA Hour.

"[Usyk is] really good. So it’s a tough fight for AJ. I just hope that AJ gets the credit for the fights that he takes. How many fighters honestly would have taken the Usyk fight if they were in Joshua’s position? How many would have vacated the belt and gone, ‘Oh, no, we’re going down another route.’ He wants this fight, and now he’s fighting him again straight off the bat. So May time is when we’re planning on doing that fight in the UK."

[gregregegg]

AJ has no trainer, Usyk is playing pro football and the clock is ticking....

[margaret thatcher]

so if he has no trainer, will he shout 'brilliant AJ!' to himself and give himself his own reach arounds between rounds?

[polecateddy]

Danny Williams did the whole no trainer thing at the end of the line (or the endless end of the line in his case).

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AJ has no trainer, Usyk is playing pro football and the clock is ticking....

He missed a sitter..

[gregregegg]

AJ has no trainer, Usyk is playing pro football and the clock is ticking....

He missed a sitter..

I know imagine if he drilled that. Had one decent little counter attack with a through hall that out a striker away (who then got fouled)

[unknownman79]

Usyk looks like hes shrunk hmmm.

[mickey1975]

Usyk looks like hes shrunk hmmm.

Did you weigh him?

[gregregegg]

Usyk looks like hes shrunk hmmm.

Did you weigh him?

what do you think "looks like" means?... it definatly doesnt mean "i personaly measured his weight and confirmed its reduced"

[Counter-puncher]

so if he has no trainer, will he shout 'brilliant AJ!' to himself and give himself his own reach arounds between rounds?

I rewatched that fight again the other day. I think I’ve seen it 4 times. The amount of times Joby yells ‘brilliant boxing’ just before or after Joshua gets punched in the face is always good for a laugh. I may actually keep count next time, I bet I get to double figures

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Hearn: Joshua Pumped For Rematch, Says He Will Beat Usyk Without a Trainer

"He will make changes to his training team. But when I sat down with him last Monday about the step aside, he said, ‘I’ll beat Usyk.’ I said, ‘But you haven’t started working with your new trainer yet.’ He said, ‘I’ll beat him without a trainer.‘ He’s pumped for that fight, and it’s a really tough fight,"

oh, Eddie

[mickey1975]

Hearn: Joshua Pumped For Rematch, Says He Will Beat Usyk Without a Trainer

"He will make changes to his training team. But when I sat down with him last Monday about the step aside, he said, ‘I’ll beat Usyk.’ I said, ‘But you haven’t started working with your new trainer yet.’ He said, ‘I’ll beat him without a trainer.‘ He’s pumped for that fight, and it’s a really tough fight,"

oh, Eddie

Edward also said Andy Lee was probably the best trainer in the world to Sonny Bill Williams on his BBC podcast... The guy is 100% salesman.

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so if he has no trainer, will he shout 'brilliant AJ!' to himself and give himself his own reach arounds between rounds?

I rewatched that fight again the other day. I think I’ve seen it 4 times. The amount of times Joby yells ‘brilliant boxing’ just before or after Joshua gets punched in the face is always good for a laugh. I may actually keep count next time, I bet I get to double figures

Maybe he was shouting that to Usyk?

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I cannot see this fight happening in April. Ridiculous really

[BigDoofus]

I cannot see this fight happening in April. Ridiculous really

Big Josh looks like he's been doing his overseas bulking. He'll have to sort out his "nutritional" cycles before he can sign anything.

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[Dioufy]

How shit would that be

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Attendance: 20 people.

Price per ticket $1m

[jamesmcdonnell]

Usyk looks like hes shrunk hmmm.

Did you weigh him?

No, he sucked him off - he could feel reduced girth.