Usyk Interview, 05/04/2022

Damn he’s lost a lot of size. Looks like a LHW here. That’s what stress and not being able to train/juice will do.

 

Eddie just called Big Joshie up with a massive smile on his face. The insatiable opportunist scumbag can't believe his luck.

Usyk needs to delay this fight and get his head and body together. His management needs to get a clue. Dare the governing bodies to strip a Ukrainian athlete due to the war and have a global backlash. Ukrainians are the darlings of ''The West'' now and I'm sure this can be leveraged to buy him some time.

As for the Klitschkos, they must be far more corrupt than people even thought. The signs were there with all the antics in the K2 contracts and dodgy gamesmanship. But Vitali is a member of one of the most corrupt governments in all of Europe and Wlad is right there with them. That government is so dirty it has politicians trying to smuggle tens of millions across the border. Just remember that whenever Vitali tells you he's some noble gentleman who now ''fights with the pen''.

 

He shouldn’t move forward with the rematch until he’s physically and mentally ready.

He looks stressed and haggard here. And he clearly lost a bit of weight. He’s in no condition to fight a rematch against AJ. It’s a lose-lose situation.

 

He should take some time before the fight. I feel genuine physical pain at the though of Joshua regaining his belts.

 

Usyk looks absolutely devastated and very tired here. And it will be hard for him to take the focus on the training process

 

Real fighting man. Eyes of a killer.

 

It wil take place in July, and Usyk will have 3 months to train.

He wouldn't be agreeing to fight if he didn't feel he could do it.

 

That is certainly not happening. This is a guy who kicked his ass. That’s all Joshua will be thinking of, that’s how he knows Usyk.

 

Maybe he just needs money. Maybe he won't even train hard, he'll give the belts to Joshua, get his money and retire.

 

Sounds very motivated to me. Understandably, three key aspects seem to be at the forefront of his mind: His country's war, family and the God he believes in.

He's got three months to hone his best physical state and a tonne of motivation to do so. I think Hearn and AJ are wrong to think they're gonna catch him at a good time. I think, the opposite.

There was a possibility he might have lost focus for the rematch, considering how much he controlled the first fight, but the war in Ukraine gives him all the reasons he needs to focus like never before.

I suspect in his own mind he's not just fighting for himself but for his country too. Good luck countering a mindset like that...

 

His face looks like a 40 year old drained Featherweight at weigh in.

 

AJ knows he'll be facing the best Usyk.

 

Usyk looks like a completely different person compared to his normal,funny joking around nature. Obviously the Russian invasion of his country has taken an enormous toll on his physical & mental health.

That being said,I don't think he would've taken the fight if he wasn't up to it as he's supremely confident in his own ability & is now more motivated than ever to win as he is now literally fighting for Ukraine.

If Hearn & Joshua think this is going to be easy then they're more deluded than Putin.

 

Usyk turned from King Aragorn to Strider in a few months. Looking rough. Seems like he wants the second payday to do good and is willing to sacrifice some boxing legacy to do it.