OLEKSANDRUSYK broke his silence after confirming that he will rematch Anthony Joshua.
AJ was defeated by the Ukrainian 12 times in September. Since then, AJ has been practicing for the sequel.
After confirming that he would rematch Anthony Joshua
, Oleksandr Usyk broke his silence
The rematch was in doubt when Usyk, 35 years old, bravely fought for his country during Russia's invasion.
It looked like Joshua, 32, would need to fight in an interim bout.
However, Usyk has now announced that he will be leaving Ukraine in order to train for a second fight against AJ.
He captioned his Instagram video with the following: "I decided that I would prepare for a rematch against Anthony Joshua."
"I have many friends who support me. All the best and peace. We thank God for all that He has done.
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The 42 second clip features Usyk speaking in Ukrainian. He says: "That's my way to help my country more, and it's better that being in territorial defense and running around Kyiv carrying a machine gun."
"Dear friends," I am grateful to many of my close friends who called me and supported and encouraged me.
"Haters, I wish all the best for you and wish you joy, happiness, and peace. All things will be well with God's blessing.
Ukraine will have everything. All the best.
Eddie Hearn received offers from the Middle East, US and Canada to host the fight. The promoter would like it back in the UK.
Hearn stated that he has received four to five offers from all over the globe.
"It's effectively split fight, so they're going want to know which offers are being made to stage the fight.
"We would love to do it in the UK but there have been many big offers to make it happen abroad.
"We have received offers from the Middle East. There are a few countries in the Middle East. America and the UK.
"So we should sit down with Alex Krassyuk and discuss these offers and decide which one we want to pursue.
"We want the fight before June ends, so it would probably be mid-to-late June. The latest would be July 2, the first Saturday of July."
