In the next few days, Oleksandr Usyk will be rematched with Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia. During the upper radio, in September 2021, Ukrainian boxers won Joshua with a point, thereby taking three heavy championships: WBA, IBF and WBO from AJ. To prepare for the rematch, USYK is practicing very carefully.
To get used to the climate of the Middle East, USYK went to Dubai to practice for a long time. Revealing the legendary boxing Amir Khan, USYK said he was practicing with a very strict lesson plan. “Although I have more miserable, I have to prepare to be ready for the next match,” Usyk said.
Before the match against Joshua, USYK practice 3 sessions a day. He woke up at 4:45 am to prepare for a training day. The lesson plan for USYK has a 5 -hour continuous swimming exercise. Even the professional boxing boxing boxing is rarely enough to keep up with such an exercise.
“Once I visited Usyk, I found him very tired. When I asked why USYK said that I had just swam for 5 hours. I heard that Usyk said, because ordinary people could not swim for 5 hours continuously underwater,” veteran boxer Derek Chisora revealed.
It was not until Usyk's coach showed a video of 5 hours of swimming of Ukrainian boxers, ChiSora believed this was true. The USYK swimming pool used for training is an Olympic standard tank. He swim and dive for 5 hours to rest, comply with the required training program.
The rematch between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk took place on August 20. Accompanying the event includes 7 other matches, including the World World Belt Light Heavyweight Belt between Callum Smith and Mathieu Bauernique.