{"id":301764,"date":"2025-12-06T10:53:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T10:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/301764\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T10:53:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T10:53:12","slug":"oleksandr-usyk-i-will-help-anthony-joshua-beat-tyson-fury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/301764\/","title":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk: I will help Anthony Joshua beat Tyson Fury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/52976914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Arturo Gatti and Micky Ward<\/a>, boxing has long shown that rivals can become allies. Creed helped mastermind Balboa\u2019s win over Clubber Lang; Ward later tried to guide Gatti back to past glories, now <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/oleksandr-usyk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oleksandr Usyk<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/anthony-joshua\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Joshua<\/a> may be about to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua recently revealed he will join Usyk\u2019s training camp in the build-up to his eight-round crossover bout with Jake Paul on December 19. Joshua will not have Ben Davison in his corner this time, though the identity of his full time replacement remains unknown.<\/p>\n<p>If Joshua comes through as expected, attention will again shift to a long-awaited British blockbuster with <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/tyson-fury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyson Fury<\/a>. The fight\u2019s shelf life may be dwindling, but public demand and media momentum would almost certainly swell were negotiations to restart.<\/p>\n<p>Usyk has already shown the blueprint for beating Fury in their back-to-back fights. The Ukrainian\u2019s elusiveness, speed and sharp pot-shotting nearly stopped the \u201cGypsy King\u201d in their first meeting, and although the rematch was closer, Usyk still emerged victorious.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rUtOBI1fiCs&amp;t=950s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boxing King Media<\/a>, Usyk was asked whether he would consider helping Joshua prepare for Fury if the fight is made. The champion was clear with his response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I help him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His translator then added an extra point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo versus one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On working with \u2018AJ\u2019 in general, the Ukrainian had plenty of praise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like this guy, because this guy is smart. I think this guy has a very big heart. He really loves boxing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Usyk said that the process was about adding to his former rival\u2019s game rather than changing it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe not give my style. We, my team, its not only one lion, its only Usyk? No, we have another, different style. I\u2019m southpaw, Anthony is regular. Anthony doesn\u2019t move like me. Listen, we give tools that help Anthony grow. My team with plan, give me what helps me. My team gives plans what helps anyone \u2013 not only my plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Usyk recently vacated his WBO heavyweight title but still remains in possession of his WBC, WBA and IBF titles. The Ukrainian is set to return in 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/oleksandr-usyk-calls-out-former-heavyweight-champion-for-next-fight-hes-first-choice\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">and named a former title holder as the man he wants to fight next<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed to Arturo Gatti and Micky Ward, boxing has long shown that rivals&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-301764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}