Johnny Nelson has made a bold statement about defeating the current Heavyweight champion.
The former WBO cruiser weightlifter has been retired for 17 years.
Nelson, now a Sky Sports pundit, was on Bournemouth beach earlier this week, chatting with Boxing Social’s Ayman Khan about the confrontation between Chris Billam-Smith and Isaac Chamberlain.
The pair meet at the Bournemouth International Center on Saturday, atop a Boxxer promotion card, with Commonwealth and European titles due to the 31-year-old ‘CBS’ at stake.
And Nelson is in good form, saying he wants to watch a good game while refusing to pick a winner.
That is one thing, but another that is completely implausible is ‘The Entertainer’ claim that he will defeat Oleksandr Usyk.
Talking to Social boxingNelson boldly stated:
“I beat him,
“I sent him a letter and it should be pretty easy. I had the right movements and projections against him and was able to shoot instinctively. “
Usyk, from Ukraine, is an undisputed former cruiser champion who won the belt in the 200-pound weight class before moving to heavyweight.
The amateur Olympic gold medalist, who has a 19-0 record with 13 quick finishes, currently holds the WBA Super, IBO, IBF and WBO world titles in the top sport. after knocking down Anthony Joshua last September at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. .
“I think the mistakes Anthony Joshua made on him was that he tried to be sure of the shot he threw before he threw it and in doing that, that’s why he don’t throw the shot when he wants to because when he puts it. off Usyk will move. “
“Usyk pressured him with his feet to get him to work at pace and pressured him into a position he didn’t want to be.”
Joshua will have the opportunity to became a global ruler three times on August 20 when he rematches Usyk, live exclusively on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK, at the Jeddah Superdome in Saudi Arabia.
“It was a great fight and I don’t think it’s an impossible request for Anthony Joshua, even though it was a tough fight.
“It’s been a fascinating fight and Saudi Arabia has once again had a chance to see these boys in action.”
Joshua has boxed in the Middle East before. After losing the world championship for the first time, to Andy Ruiz Jr at Madison Square Garden in New York in June 2019, the Briton regained the crown with a 12-round unanimous victory over the six-year-old Mexican. who are based in California. a few months later at the purpose-built Diriyah Gymnasium in Diriyah.
