Anthony Joshua teams up with Oleksandr Usyk ahead of Jake Paul fight | BJPenn.com

Anthony Joshua will not be honing his skills under the boxing gaze of Ben Davison for his next fight and will in fact be teaming up with a former two-time opponent of his. AJ will train at Oleksandr Usyk’s camp ahead of this remarkable Jake Paul fight that will conclude 2025. On December 19 in Miami, the former unified world heavyweight champion will face Paul in an eight-round match that will air on Netflix.

During the Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua press conference, which discussed his recent connection with the legendary Ukrainian, with an excerpt on X account @ChampRDSsaid Joshua,

“I was invited to train with Team Usyk. We trained well. He is one of the best in the world. Getting insight into how someone who has achieved so much is phenomenal. It was a great experience and quite a challenge.”

While the British fighter said he didn’t get any direct sparring work with Usyk. But the overall work ethic and methodology of the Spain-based camp has still paid off for Joshua. Joshua would lose a pair of heavyweight title fights to Usyk, with the decisive defeats coming in 2021 and 2022 respectively.

Anthony Joshua is in some way praising that Jake Paul is better than Tyson Fury

Anthony Joshua couldn’t resist taking on old rival Tyson Fury ahead of this Jake Paul fight. Fury is rumored to be on the table again, as a fight between Joshua and Fury has been teased in reports to take place sometime in 2026.

In the press that led to this clash with ‘The Problem Child’, Joshua stated [via Bloody Elbow],

“I take it seriously. He’s a conqueror, his mentality is solid. It’s better than Tyson Fury – he’s here. So I take him seriously and give him the respect he deserves mentally during the preparation.”