Famous boxer, two-time world champion Anthony Joshua, was also present in Riyadh to witness the classic heavyweight title unification match Tyson Fury vs Usyk early Sunday morning, May 19. In the past, Joshua fought Usyk twice in 2021 and 2022 and both received defeat by points after 12 intense rounds.
The defeats against Usyk once caused Anthony Joshua to lose all important titles including the WBA, IBF, WBO and The Ring belts (along with the IBO belt) to his opponent. With these titles, Usyk entered the classic title unification match, defeating Tyson Fury to win the WBC title, thereby becoming the first heavyweight boxing “absolute champion” in a quarter of a century, since when Lennox Lewis defeated Evander Holyfield in 1999 and was crowned.
However, Anthony Joshua has a chance to regain everything he lost. Even the prospect of the 34-year-old British boxer interrupting Tyson Fury vs Usyk to participate in the next classic heavyweight title unification match is predicted to be very positive.
To be exact, the rematch, Fury vs Usyk 2, will almost certainly take place in mid-October this year because both sides have declared they are ready to activate the rematch clause. But it won’t be “classic belt unification match episode 2”.
Due to preparing for a rematch with Fury, Usyk was unable to defend the IBF heavyweight title. Therefore, on June 1, the boxer ranked No. 1 on the IBF rankings, Filip Hrgovic, will fight with Daniel Dubois and that will be a match for the IBF belt that Usyk was forced to leave behind.
More interestingly, right after the climactic fight between Hrgovic and Dubois, the winner – the new IBF heavyweight champion – will not have much time to celebrate but must rush into training to prepare for the next match. continue with… Anthony Joshua.
