It seems like he's decided upon two things: Go for the immediate rematch Undergo a rebuilding process and attempt to learn a totally new style With Usyk soon being 35 and a fighter who relies on agility and speed, and Joshua needing as much time as possible to restructure, this seems like something that could happen.
AJ was a front foot chin in the air "dog" fighter long before he became a neutered poodle who tries to box painfully. He can try to go back to that which only exposes his flaws even more, bad stamina, chin and footwork. Usyk wins Wilder's missile right hand looks like a pretty damn good party trick right now. AJ will have a hard time landing his power against such a consummate boxer.
That fight with wlad knocked the dog out of him and i think scared him badly, he never wanted to go back to that place again. If he bigs himself up as some warrior going into a dogfight he may have a massive nervous breakdown before the fight . We shall see what happens though
I got "I'm too young to be taking them shots" Victor Ortiz vibes from him in the Ruiz match. Takes a LONG time to come around from that, if it's possible.
Well, I saw that Usyks team is not stupid and his manager said that fight should be schedule in march according to contract. They will try everything to age Usyk, not only AJ, but also Fury/whoever will hold WBC belt.