Lapin explained how Joshua ended up in Usyk's team

Alexandr Ormanji Dec. 19, 2025, 4:42 a.m.

Sergey Lapin, the director of Oleksandr Usyk's team, explained how Anthony Joshua joined the team of the Ukrainian world champion.

“We have developed good relations with AJ, we became friends, and at some point, we told him, 'AJ, you need to change something. Come to our training camp, let's see how we can help.' He came. Now we are close and support him.”

Let us remind you that on the morning of December 20, Joshua is scheduled to fight blogger-boxer Jake Paul.

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