With Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk set for their heavyweight unification rematch in Saudi Arabia, the defending champion knows the whole of Ukraine is willing him on.
"I've got to go change the narrative," Joshua told the BBC earlier this week."I took myself to the United States, worked with some new trainers … I want to try something new, I want to revamp myself, reinvent myself."Joshua has previously spoken of how, in the ring, a boxer has to become uncivilised, to go to dark places.
While Ukraine has been ravaged by Russian aggression, Usyk has been back in his homeland, bearing witness firsthand to events taking place in Kyiv and was even pictured taking up arms to defend his home. Has the inevitable and unavoidable distraction of what's happening in the war focused Usyk during his training camp, or played on his mind throughout? Both can be true.Usyk sang the Ukrainian resistance song "Oi u luzi chervona kalyna" on stage after the first face-off with Joshua, clad in traditional Cossack garb and sporting a traditional haircut.
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