Tips from Chisora and Bellew to Joshua before his fight with Usyk

Tonight Anthony Joshua (24-1, 21 KOs) will cross gloves with Oleksandr Usyk (18-0, 13 KOs) and get a chance to avenge his compatriots Tony Bellew and Dereck Chisora, who previously suffered losses at the hands of the Ukrainian. However, AJ admitted in an interview with Sky Sports that he wasn't expecting any advice from anyone before tonight's fight.

When asked if either Bellew or Chisora had given him any valuable advice, Joshua said, "I swear they didn't tell me much! They came to my gym to see me spar, they just watched. Bellew sent me a message today, "You're ready bro, do what you gotta do and you'll be on top!" Chisora said I have to do my job, I have to fight hard, determined. That's exactly the plan he had. But I'm a different person, so I'm going to do what my instincts tell me to do."

"No matter what Bellew, Chisora, Briedis, Huck, Gassiev say - I can talk to each of them, but I'll be the one standing in front of Usyk, and then my brain will work. That's why I focus on what I have to do," said the WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight champion.