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SINK OR SWIM

AS THE last of the crowds drifted away down the Tottenham High Road and with the swelling around his right eye continuing to develop, Anthony Joshua was forced to assume the role of motivator inside his own dressing room in the moments that followed his defeat to Oleksandr Usyk a year ago.

The Ukrainian dazzled en route to a unanimous decision at the sold out Premier League football stadium in August, inflicting the second and possibly most devastating defeat of Joshua’s career to date.

The Londoner gets his chance of revenge in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia this weekend

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