Immediately after losing to Oleksandr Usyk last September, Anthony Joshua's team sought to sign a recovery contract with the opponent as quickly as possible. However, for a few reasons, the two sides have not been officially closed the contract and the time AJ rematch usyk.
However, according to information from The Sun, the negotiation schedule between Joshua and USYK can achieve changes in the next few days. More specifically, in the case of two boxers who close the terms of the competition, the match will take place on August 20.
At the age of 32, Anthony Joshua's upper achievement was 26 matches, winning 24 matches (22 no), losing 2 matches. In the career of boxing, AJ only lost 2 times before opponents Andy Ruiz Jr in 2019 and Oleksandr Usyk in 2021.
3 years ago, right after losing to Tko Andy Ruiz Jr, Joshua challenged the opponent and won by calculating the point after 5 months. Therefore, Joshua's team believes AJ can do the same thing when playing USYK in the near future, especially when the two boxers have understood each other better than before.
Meanwhile, Usyk did not play as much as Joshua but owned a more impressive achievement table: 19 matches, including 13 knock-out wins. USYK competes in Cruiserweight. He has only been able to fight Heavyweight recently, but has achieved very respectable achievements.