Usyk vs Joshua 2 weigh-in video, stare down, results

Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua are absolutely official for Saturday’s rematch in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and for all of the discuss his measurement and weight, Usyk got here in at mainly the very same weight he did final yr.

WBA/IBF/WBO titleholder Usyk (19-0, 13 KO) weighed in at 221½. A yr in the past, he weighed 221¼. His physique is completely different now, however he’s not really heavier than earlier than. This will actually scuttle some predictions and assumptions about how he’d battle right here.

Joshua (24-2, 22 KO) weighed in at 244½, or four-and-a-half lbs heavier than he was in Sept. 2021.

The 2 engaged in a protracted, intense stare down, however they’re each real professionals, so there was no shoving or trash speak or no matter.

“Your expectations usually are not met each time,” Usyk stated of his weight, by way of an interpreter. He had little else so as to add concerning the battle or stare down.

“For me, face offs don’t imply nothing. It’s concerning the bell ringing. Face offs don’t win fights,” Joshua stated of the face-to-face. “All these things doesn’t matter, it’s simply concerning the weight. All these things don’t matter to me — weight, face offs, none of it issues to me, I’m simply wanting ahead to the battle.

“I’m simply prepared for 12 rounds; 100% prepared for 12 rounds, something lower than that could be a bonus.”

Within the “co-feature,” IBF heavyweight eliminator between Filip Hrgovic and Zhilei Zhang is sweet to go. Hrgovic tipped the scales at 242¾, whereas Zhang weighed in at 277. Each weighs are proper consistent with the same old for the fighters.

Callum Smith and Mathieu Bauderlique are set for his or her WBC eliminator at gentle heavyweight, too. Former tremendous middleweight titlist Smith (28-1, 20 KO) weighed in at 174¾, with present European champ Bauderlique at 174½, each below the 175 lb restrict. Simply to notice, Bauderlique’s European title isn’t on the road.

Extra undercard weights:

• Badou Jack 199 vs Richard Rivera 194¾ (10 rounds)
• Ziyad Almaayouf 139¼ vs Jose Alatorre 136¾ (4 rounds)
• Ramla Ali 122½ vs Crystal Garcia Nova 122¾ — it needs to be famous that the ladies needed to weigh in absolutely clothed because of this being Saudi Arabia (8 rounds)
• Andrew Tabiti 216¾ vs James Wilson 238½ (8 rounds)
• Ben Whittaker 173¾ vs Peter Nosic 175¼ (6 rounds)
• Daniel Lapin 173 vs Jozef Jurko 176 (8 rounds)
• Bader AlSamreen 136¼ vs Fuad Tarverdi 135¾ (6 rounds)
• Rashed “Cash Kicks” Belhasa 148½ vs Traycho Georgiev 147 (4 rounds)

Usyk vs Joshua 2 weigh-in video