Anthony Joshua in incredible as he takes up Oleksandr Usyk's training challenge

Being Anthony Joshua hasn’t been very easy in recent times.

The Brit has twice been well-beaten by Oleksandr Usyk, with the latter of the two losses being the most humiliating.

Now, as he eyes a return to winning ways in potential all-British mega fight against Tyson Fury, Joshua has chosen to train the Usyk way, i.e. his incredible swimming training.

Speaking ahead of Usyk’s fight against Joshua, the Ukrainian’s manager Egis Klimas explained the training method in detail – and the pride experienced seeing Usyk work so hard. He said:

“I’m so proud to represent him.

“I can tell you, I’ve never seen anybody, I’ve never seen anybody at 45 degrees heat ride a bicycle for 100 kilometres.

“I’ve never seen anybody swimming the day before press conference in London for 10 kilometres in the pool for five hours.

“I’ve never seen anybody holding his breath underwater for four minutes and 40 seconds – almost passing away, shaking himself.

“And then I ask him ‘What’s wrong with you?’ he said ‘I know I have a trainer behind me, he’s not going to let me drown, he’s going to pull me out.’

“And I hope all of this is going to be helping him on Saturday night.”

It indeed worked wonders on the night. Will it work for Joshua against Fury? Well, we need the two to agree to a fight first, which Bob Arum – Fury’s US promoter – doesn’t think Joshua’s camp is eager for. He said:

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“I really don’t think Joshua’s people are anxious to make the fight now. Because he’s come through a devastating loss and I think, conventionally, Joshua is going to want a couple of soft touches to get back in the swing of things.

“Our guy, Tyson Fury, wants to fight this year. I tried to see if we could get Usyk this year and apparently