DAVID HAYE has told Anthony Joshua that he must rough up Oleksandr Usyk so badly that he risks disqualification in their rematch.
AJ was outclassed over 12 rounds last September as he lost the heavyweight world titles to the Ukrainian.
But the British star will get his shot at redemption on August 20 in Saudi Arabia.
Haye picked Joshua to win that first fight at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and is backing him again.
However, he insists that AJ must push the rules as far as he can to reclaim the belts from Usyk.
The Hayemaker told Gareth A. Davies: “I’m going to go with Anthony Joshua again.
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“I went with him in a big way in the first fight. He didn’t fight in the manner which I thought he was going to that I think would have given him the best chance of winning.
“He applied probably the worst tactics you could do against a southpaw. Gave him range, was respectful inside, in close.
“There were no warnings from the ref about deducting points because he never imposed himself.”
And urging him to employ the dark arts, Haye added: “I think he’s [Joshua] watched it back and knows what he needs to do.
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“He’s got a good team who’s gonna drill it into him that this is not a boxing match, this has got to be a dog fight from the first bell.
“He should be this close to getting a point deducted or disqualified, that’s how physical he needs to be because he’s a specimen like no other in the heavyweight division.
“He is physically the supreme heavyweight right now.“He just needs to apply that into a style that’s useful and last time round it wasn’t very useful at all and this time around he really has to do it. And I believe he will do it.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
