David Haye has predicted Anthony Joshua might retire if he fails to reclaim his heavyweight titles in opposition to Oleksandr Usyk.
Joshua misplaced his IBF, WBA and WBO belts after a masterful show from the undefeated Ukrainian on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium final September.
A rematch looms massive in August, with Joshua trying to as soon as once more reclaim his belts in Saudi Arabia, having avenged his solely different defeat to Andy Ruiz Jr in Diriyah in 2019.
Joshua’s gameplan fell aside of their first assembly final yr with the Briton failing to utilise his vastly superior measurement and energy benefits in opposition to the previous cruiserweight king.
Former champion Haye believes Joshua can set the report straight on 20 August – however fears he might stroll away from the game if he comes up quick as soon as once more.
‘If he doesn’t win, I'm not positive he desires to be in a sport the place he is aware of he isn't the perfect,’ Haye stated.
‘He bought out-hustled by somebody he is aware of he can beat and if – he does the whole lot proper and Usyk nonetheless beats him – I don’t know if there may be the rest for him to do within the sport.
‘He's such a winner that I don’t know what he does subsequent, if he loses once more.
‘He believes he has all of the bodily talents to beat Usyk, so do I, so with the precise plan he can get the victory.’
Joshua has made main modifications to his nook since that defeat to Usyk with Robert Garcia coming in to work alongside Angel Fernandez, changing Rob McCracken within the set-up.
‘I feel his efficiency this time round can’t be worse than within the first combat,’ Haye continued.
‘By way of techniques and gameplan, that was the worst, so I'm positive Robert Garcia gained’t try this once more.
‘Change is sweet; completely different strategies face and voice.
‘Within the first combat, whoever was saying what and whoever got here up with the plan is irrelevant, he simply has to win this combat to get again on high of the world.’
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