Anthony Joshua will switch gloves for tomorrow night's rematch with Oleksandr Usyk to set himself apart from his first match.
The Briton was easily beaten by his rival over 12 rounds in September at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London while wearing the rival's gloves. And his new trainer, Robert Garcia, explains he's changing to Grant's for the rematch, another of the long switches he made for his recent world heavyweight title effort.
Joshua entered the first fight as the favorite, but was released from the unified WBA, WBO and IBF titles after trying to oust renowned technical fighter Usyk. Now he has a new camp with a number of new trainers and plans to produce very different results in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Garcia went to ID Boxing yesterday y. We've used several gloves and he feels comfortable with Grant.
"Most of my fighters wear the Everlast MX. It's a comfortable glove, it's a puncher glove, most of my fighters are punchers so they love wearing that glove, but Anthony feels comfortable wearing Grant, Grant is also very If he hits a good shot, I know it hurts him.”
Usyk and Joshua both made changes prior to the match, but in general Plus, the champion wasn't as flashy. The claim that Amir Khan gained his 15kg weight seems fanciful, although he appears to be heavier than in his early years, due to the war in Ukraine. Training is forced to move his camp to Dubai.
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Getty Images)Meanwhile, Joshua moved his camp from Sheffield to London and left for Jeddah more than a month ago to relocate to the environment. adapted to. Middle Eastern summer heat. He has experience competing in Saudi Arabia after losing the world title to Andy Ruiz Jr in December 2019 in an instant rematch. Back in 2019, Lewis Jr. defeated Joshua in June 2019, but by the time the December rematch approached, he looked unwell and the Briton finally won the title to regain the belt.
Usyk looks as focused as ever this time around, and with Ukrainian backing amid turmoil in his home country, he is the odds-maker. was selected as a favorite of Joshua hasn't competed as an underdog in years, but this weekend he faces a tough test against the undefeated former Cruiserweight Champion.
