Unified heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk has disclosed that Anthony Joshua needs more time to be at his best and in the right frame of mind for his comeback fight.
Recall that the former two-time unified heavyweight champion has been spending time with Usyk and his team in Ukraine.
Speaking with Boxing World, Usyk stated that the doctor has warned Joshua that he needs more time to fully heal.
“I think he’s getting better from what I see, Anthony is training well, but the doctor says, ‘please, take it slowly, not too fast yet. Take your time’.
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“So physically he’s good, but he needs more time to fully heal.
“Mentally, I think he’s good too, because we talk every day. We train twice a day, morning and evening, and we’re always talking constantly.
“I tell him, he can talk to me when he needs to. Listen, I know Anthony, he’s a champion. Yes, right now he doesn’t have the belts, but for me that doesn’t matter.
“A champion is not always the one who has the belts.
“A champion is a man who lives right, who works, who looks to the future and says, ‘yes, I can. I will work and never give up’.”
