Britain’s star boxers Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury are set to square off after years of rivalry. The 2 heavyweights are set to clash head-to-head in arguably considered one of the largest fights in modern boxing history. Nonetheless, months before their rumored fight in Nov. 2026, Joshua recently opened up about his learnings from Oleksandr Usyk.
Usyk and Joshua were recently spotted training in Ukraine, a move that also drew heavy trolling from Tyson Fury himself. Nonetheless, Joshua selected to disregard the trolling then and stayed focused on his training. At a recent press event in London, Joshua explained what he’s learned from his time with Usyk.
“Fitness — and not only fitness for running, but boxing fitness. And IQ. After I say that, I mean defence. I understand it. I can really read punches again. [I am] fully locked in. I can see it again. The punches. I can read the opponent rather well, and [I’m] not focused on other stuff. I’ll respect the game of boxing,” Joshua said.
“There is a certain level of energy it takes to be a championship fighter, and you may’t be anywhere underneath that if you desire to be good. And while you align your energy to that, the whole lot becomes easy. I put my energy fully into boxing. I feel myself improving again,” he finished.
Before his return in 2025, Fury lost two of his last boxing matches to Usyk. Just like Fury, Joshua also lost two matches to Usyk a couple of years ago in 2021 and 2022. Having recovered from that loss, Joshua now intends to learn from Usyk before facing Fury.
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Britain’s star boxers Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury are set to square off after years of rivalry. The 2 heavyweights are set to clash head-to-head in arguably considered one of the largest fights in modern boxing history. Nonetheless, months before their rumored fight in Nov. 2026, Joshua recently opened up about his learnings from Oleksandr Usyk.