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Johnny Nelson predicts Anthony Joshua ‘will be gone’ after losing Usyk


Johnny Nelson has predicted that Anthony Joshua could follow in the footsteps of Tyson Fury’s retirement if he loses this weekend.

The former WBO heavyweight king will be a keen observer when British golden boy Joshua faces Oleksandr Usyk in a thrilling rematch on Saturday.

Joshua ended up blundering in a unified decision against the Ukrainian in London 11 months before Usyk claimed the WBA Super, IBF, IBO and WBO world heavyweight titles.

The 32-year-old has a chance to get his revenge this weekend at the Jeddah Superdome in Saudi Arabia and the fight will be even more significant as the aforementioned Fury’s recently relinquited Ring Magazine title will also be lost. threatened in an empty slot.

But Nelson, who extravagantly announced last month that he would beat former undisputed cruiser champion Usyk if they met, believes it’s now or never for ‘AJ’.

Nelson talked to Sports sky about fellow countryman Joshua this week:

“He had to go back and cover his wounds, emotionally as well as physically.

“Things to be said about him: how good he is, how good he is or not. He had to deal with all that and deal with the loss itself.”

Streaming giant DAZN, to whom Joshua pledged his broadcasting future in June in a groundbreaking deal, will show the fight in the US, as well as more than 190 territories, including Canada, Spain Japan, Germany, Italy, Japan and Poland, while Sky Sports Box Office will broadcast the fight in the UK and Ireland after paying a staggering £23m to do so.





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