Anthony Joshua has stood by nearly 12 months to seek his retribution against Oleksandr Usyk following a misfortune to the Ukrainian last September. Presently, the rematch is here, and Joshua can turn into a three-time heavyweight champion.
On Saturday, Aug. 20, at King Abdullah Sports City in Saudi Arabia, Usyk will shield the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight titles against Joshua. Usyk’s southpaw style was a lot for Joshua the last time they battled. The Brit presently accepts he is prepared for whatever in the wake of working with new coach Robert Garcia.
“I feel like one of my principal assets is that I’m a speedy student, I’m a wipe,” Joshua said on media day. “In any case, aside from the learning stuff, it’s all’s a battle. It’s a battle. That is all there is to it. Whoever tosses the most punches and terrains the most punches wins. That is the only thing that is in any way important.”
Usyk is a previous undisputed cruiserweight champion who’s 3-0 as a heavyweight since moving into to the division.
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The Sporting News has all the data you really want to watch Usyk versus Joshua 2 on Saturday, including channel, value, time and battle card.
Oleksandr Usyk versus Anthony Joshua 2 value: How much does the card cost?
DAZN month to month membership: $19.99 in the U.S., $20 in Canada, $13.99 in Australia
DAZN yearly membership: $99.99 in the U.S., $150 in Canada
In the United States, Canada, Australia and most domains universally, the battle will air on DAZN, however it won’t be a PPV.
Sky Sports Box Office: £26.95 in the U.K.
Battle fans in the U.K. should pay £26.95, a £2 increment from the value Sky Sports set for Joshua and Usyk’s underlying experience.
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When is Oleksandr Usyk vs. Anthony Joshua 2?
- Date: August 20 | August 21 in Australia
- Main card: 12 p.m. ET | 5 p.m. BST | 2 a.m. AEST
- Main event: 5:15 p.m. ET | 10:15 p.m. BST | 7:15 a.m. AEST (Approximately)
Usyk versus Joshua 2 will occur on Saturday, Aug. 20. The principal card will begin around early afternoon ET (5 p.m. BST, 2 a.m. Sunday AEST). Usyk and Joshua ought to advance toward the ring around 5:15 p.m. ET (10:15 p.m. BST, 7 a.m. Sunday AEST), contingent upon how long the undercard battles last.
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Anthony Joshua 2 PPV price: How much does the card cost?
- DAZN monthly subscription: $19.99 in the U.S., $20 in Canada, $13.99 AUD
- DAZN annual subscription: $99.99 in the U.S., $150 in Canada
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Oleksandr Usyk versus Anthony Joshua 2 battle card
Oleksandr Usyk (c) versus Anthony Joshua for the WBA, IBF, WBO, IBO and The Ring heavyweight titles
Filip Hrgovic versus Zhilei Zhang; IBF heavyweight title eliminator
Callum Sith versus Mathieu Bauderlique; WBC light heavyweight title eliminator
Badou Jack versus Richard Rivera
Tyrone Spong versus Andrew Tabiti
Ramla Ali versus Gem Garcia Nova
Daniel Lapin versus Jozef Jurko
Ziyad Almaayouf versus Jose Alatorre
Cash Kicks versus Kyle Paevie
Ben Whittaker versus Peter Nosic
Usyk turned into the very first four-belt undisputed cruiserweight champion in 2018 in the wake of winning the World Boxing Super Series competition. Following the choice to climb to the heavyweight division in 2019, and after Joshua lost his titles against Andy Ruiz Jr in June of that year, Usyk effectively requested of the WBO to be introduced as their obligatory challenger. Per the WBO’s principles, a ‘very champion’ is qualified for the obligatory challenger status in the occasion they move to an alternate weight class.[1] Joshua recaptured his titles by overcoming Ruiz in a rematch in December 2019, provoking the WBO to arrange a battle among Joshua and Usyk. The next day, the IBF likewise requested Joshua to confront their compulsory challenger, Kubrat Pulev.[2] After Joshua satisfied his IBF obligatory with a triumph over Pulev in December 2020, the WBO held off on requesting a battle among Joshua and Usyk while talks advanced between the previous and Tyson Fury for an undisputed heavyweight title session.
Meanwhile, Usyk’s group went into talks with Joe Joyce, determined to battle for the WBO in-between time title.[3] However, on 17 May, a day after Fury affirmed the date of a Joshua battle, the news broke that an adjudicator had requested Fury to satisfy an earlier legally binding commitment and face Deontay Wilder before September 2021. The next day the WBO gave Joshua’s advertiser, Eddie Hearn, with a “show cause” request, allowing him 48 hours to give confirmation of an agreement among Joshua and Fury, and inability to do so would compel Joshua to enter talks with Usyk.[4] Hearn mentioned an expansion on the cutoff time, which was denied by the WBO, who then arranged Joshua to arrive at an arrangement with Usyk in no less than 10 days prior to holding a handbag bid for freedoms to the battle.
