OLEKSANDR USYK is so confident of giving Anthony Joshua another battering he is not fussed about delaying his undisputed shot.
Had Brit hero AJ defended his WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles against the 34-year-old Ukrainian on Saturday, he would have targeted the October 9 winner of WBC champ Tyson Fury versus Deontay Wilder.
But Usyk, already a former undisputed cruiserweight king, outboxed and outbattled Joshua.
And, when Usyk’s promoter Alex Krassyuk explained AJ had a rematch stipulation blocking his shot at double immortality, instead of sulking the 19-0 ace grinned.
The new champ said: “Oh cool, I get to beat up Anthony Joshua twice.
“I have three of the main belts and Tyson Fury has the fourth, at the moment.”
AJ promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed the UK is leading the race to host the rematch.
The Matchroom Boxing chief said: “We will work together to maximise (the income), Ukraine is very unlikely. I think it will be international or the UK, I would think it would be in the UK.”
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Usyk’s promoter Krassyuk earlier said the rematch clause has been ‘activated’ by AJ and Hearn.
He said: “The rematch was specified in the contract.
“It has already been activated in principle, from the side of Joshua.
“So I remember when we discussed with Oleksandr the issue of rematch, he was delighted and said ‘Wow, cool, I will beat [Anthony] twice.’”
