Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KO) of Great Britain was set to defend his WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight title belts against Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KO) at Totten­ham Hotspur Stadium in London on September 25. Usyk asked his amateur mentor Anatoly Lomachenko to put together a training regimen to secure a world title triumph. The fight pitted two London 2012 Olympic gold medalists against each other, with Joshua topping the podium in the super-heavyweight division, while the decorated Ukrainian (trained at the time by Anatoly Loma­chenko) reigned supreme in the heavyweight bracket.