- Unbeaten Ukrainian says he has no nerves for Saturday’s fight
- Former cruiserweight Usyk in only his third heavyweight bout
Oleksandr Usyk will watch Peaky Blinders and read the Bible in the last stressful hours before he steps into the ring against Anthony Joshua for their world heavyweight title fight at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Saturday night.
Usyk, the former undisputed world cruiserweight champion, has only fought twice previously as a heavyweight but he insisted he will feel few nerves against Joshua. “The lack of nerves will help me,” the 34-year-old Ukrainian said. “I am not going to be nervous. Why would I be? It would not change anything. I will not get stronger, only weaker.”