How to watch Oleksandr Usyk vs Anthony Joshua II
Everything you need to know about Usyk-Joshua 2
Below is a complete guide on everything you need to know about the long awaited rematch between unified world heavyweight titlist Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13KOs) and former champion Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22KOs). How to watch the rematch, up-to-date betting odds, ringwalk times, plus expert predictions can all be found below:
Fight Details
Date: Saturday, August 20, 2022.
Venue: King Abdullah Sports City Arena, Jeddah, Suadi Arabia.
Time: Sky Sports TV coverage begins at 6pm.
Ringwalks: The main event fighters ringwalks have been confirmed at 10:30pm (BST).
Rounds scheduled: 12 three-minute championship rounds at heavyweight.
Titles: Usyk’s WBA Super, IBF, WBO and IBO World heavyweight titles are all on the line, formerly held by Joshua.
Weights: Check back at 12pm on Friday 19th, the weigh-in will be avaliable to watch on Matchroom Boxing YouTube channel and Facebook page.
Undercard Highlights: Eliminator double-header! Liverpool's Callum Smith (28-1) enters into a WBC World light-heavyweight eliminator against Frenchman Mathieu Bauderlique (21-1), and there's another between Croatian Heavyweight star Filip Hrgovic (14-0, 12 KOs) and China’s undefeated Zhilei Zhang (24-0-1, 19 KOs) in a Final Eliminator for the IBF Heavyweight World Title, meaning the winner could face either Usyk or Joshua next.
How to Watch
TV Coverage: Coverage starts live on Sky Sports Box Office from 6pm.
Live Stream: You can watch online via the Sky Sports website here: https://www.skysports.com/watch
Public Viewing: There is one other way that you can watch if you are not a Sky TV customer, or if you are just out and about on Saturday night by simply finding a suitable pub that is showing the event by visiting pubfinder.sky.com
Live Reports:BBN will be providing round-by-round results HERE
Cost: The PPV price is £26.95.
Tickets: Full ticket info here: Oleksandr Usyk vs Anthony Joshua tickets now on sale
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Background: Back in 2012, both these athletes won an Olympic Gold medal at the historic London Games, which is what made the build-up to their first fight so exciting and interesting.
Usyk is the only ever four-belt undisputed world cruiserweight champion in boxing history and has now secured his legacy by becoming a world heavyweight champion.
He and Joshua debuted a month apart towards the end of 2013, but it was Usyk who secured silverware first by winning the interim WBO Inter-Continental cruiserweight title in his fith fight within a year from his pro bow. AJ secured his first title in May 2015 with a second-round stoppage of gatekeeper Kevin Johnson to claim the WBC International heavyweight belt. He added the Commonwealth title in his next fight in September 2015, but by that time, Usyk had made four defences of his WBO Inter-Continental strap, so the Ukrainian has always been ahead of him, although it was AJ who won the first world title of the two, by beating Charles Martin in April 2016 for the IBF strap. Usyk caught up five months later by decisioning 26-0 Krzysztof Glowackito land the WBO cruiser crown.
Joshua then was the first to become a unified world titlist with his epic 11th-round victory over Wladimir Klitschko in April 2017 to hold the WBA Super, IBF, and IBO belts. Usyk became a unified champ in January 2018 when he added the WBC belt with mixed decision win over 23-0 Mairis Briedis in the WBSS semi-final. It was his next fight that he made history unanimously outpointed 26-0 Murat Gassiev to win all four world titles for the first time in boxing history. Joshua also did the same that year, two months later, by adding the WBO belt to take his hoard up to four world titles.
In what was a real pick 'em fight, the defending champion mistakenly tried to box with the boxer and was completely outfoxed all fight in his own backyard in Tottenham. AJ had brief moments of success, but his lack of ability to adapt or change his failing tactics cost him the fight and all of his titles for a second time in his career.
The Londoner is expected to come back stronger and to use his size, weight and strength advantages in the return fixture.
Predictions: From BBN Editor, Tim Rickson, “In their first fight, I expected Usyk to be the better boxer but to get denied the win on the home scorecards, I even thought a draw might have been a possibility. Instead, Usyk get the decision clearly after cleverly outboxing AJ all fight long, as I expected he would do. Although I believe AJ will come back stronger and try to bully and hurt Usyk in the rematch, I still think Usyk wins again. He has fought every style, shape, size and skill there is, and has come through them all. As AJ will be looking for the knockout this time, I believe Usyk will be able to catch him and hurt him while he's opening up. Joshua has room for improvement, so he will bounce back as a better boxer in this bout, whereas Usyk will be much the same, however, he is an intelligent fighter and will surely have AJ's number after 12 previous rounds with him. Sometimes, the Ukrainian starts slow, where he is taking time to work his opponent out, then comes on strong to dominate. So Joshua's best chance is to swarm him in the opening rounds, but he's known for gassing so this could be a mistake. AJ was seconds away from being stopped in that final round, so I think we'll see a similar situation but earlier on in the fight when Joshua tries to force the action, with this time Usyk following through and getting the stoppage.”
More predictions HERE
Betting Odds (Betway)
15/8 Anthony Joshua
4/9 Oleksandr Usyk
16/1 Draw
Running Order
Main Event:
Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk
12×3 WBA Super, IBF, WBO, IBO World heavyweight titles
Filip Hrgovic vs Zhilei Zhang
12×3 IBF World heavyweight Final Eliminator
Callum Smith vs Mathieu Bauderlique
12×3 WBC World light-heavyweight Final Eliminator
Badou Jack vs Richie Rivera
10×3 Crusierweight contest
Andrew Tabiti vs Tyrone Spong
8×3 Heavyweight contest
Ramla Ali vs Crystal Garcia Nove
8×2 Crusierweight contest
Daniel Lapin vs Jozef Jurko
6×3 Light-heavyweight contest
Ziyad Almaayouf vs Jose Alatorre
4×3 Super-lightweight contest
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