The Ukrainian will return to the ring in the summer.
The possible date of the rematch between the WBA champion has become known, WBO, IBF, IBO Heavyweight Alexander Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) and Britain's Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs).
insider Dan Rafael.
“The rematch between Usik and Joshua was scheduled for June 25 and probably will not take place. Now the fight should take place on July 23, according to a source who knows the date,” he wrote. Raphael on Twitter.
It will be recalled that on September 25 last year, Usyk defeated Joshua by a unanimous decision of the judges and took away all his titles from the Briton.
Usyk returned to Ukraine and joined the territorial defense after the military Russian invasion. It later became known that the world champion had left the country to prepare for a rematch against the British.
The rematch is expected to take place in Saudi Arabia, but the parties have not yet officially announced the details of the fight.
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