David Haye says Joshua needs to risk disqualification against Usyk in rematch
David Haye once again assists Anthony Joshua in defeating Oleksandr Usyk but insists he must have his tactics this time.
Usyk defends WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles against Joshua on August 20 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
This is both men’s first match since last September when the Ukrainian beat the British in 12 rounds.
Haye picked Joshua to win that night at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and told Gareth A. Davies he was doing the same again.
Speaking about the rematch, the former heavyweight champion said:
“I went with Anthony Joshua again. I went with him wonderfully in the first battle. He didn’t fight the way I thought he would, which I think gives him the best chance of winning. “
“He probably adopted the worst tactics you can do against a nampaw. Gave him scope, inner respect, closeness. There is no warning from the ref about deducting points because he has never imposed himself”.
During the eighteen-day period, Joshua will call on the services of new training team Robert Garcia and Angel Fernandez to come up with the right strategy to overcome Usyk.
Haye says they will emphasize to the Olympic Gold Medalist that to beat the weight star, he has to give up sweet science and use some dark arts.
‘Hayemaker’ even suggests that ‘AJ’ needs to face disqualification in order to get a show of hands:
“I think he [Joshua] I looked it up and I know what I need to do. He has a good team who will tolerate him that this is not a boxing match, this has to be a dogfight from the first ring. “
“He’s going to be close to being deducted or disqualified, that’s how he needs to be physically because he’s a specimen like no other in the weight class.”
“He is the supreme heavyweight right now. He just applied that to a useful style and last time it wasn’t helpful at all and this time he really has to do it. And I believe he will.”
In a recent interview with DAZN Haye made another bold statement that in his prime he would beat all of today’s British heavyweights.