Carl Froch is a boxing analyst and former super-middleweight world champion.
The first fight between Joshua and Usyk took place almost a year ago and the Ukrainian won on all three scorecards.
Is Joshua good enough to become a three-time world champion or is Usyk good enough?
It could be the end for Anthony Joshua if he loses his second fight to Oleksandr Usyk. I don't think he can get back on track after back-to-back losses.
I want him to win, but I don't think I'm writing him off. I have to be brutally honest and say that I do not think he will win.
Joshua will not hear the final bell if Usyk can land with the same power and accuracy as he did last time.
Anything can happen in a boxing ring. Joshua is taller than the smaller man and has an advantage.
Usyk was the best cruiserweight of all time but is not a great fighter.
In the first fight against Usyk, Joshua was defeated on points. Joshua was a little stand-offish and he didn't want to go forward.
He was trying to stay out of harms way. It's not possible to do that against Usyk.
Maybe it was nerves or gun shyness. He was knocked out in New York three years ago and is still broken. We haven't seen Joshua get back from that loss.
When he got clipped with that hook, Joshua dug in. You could see that against Wladimir Klitschko.
He needs to think like that again. He was wet behind the ears but he won.
Joshua has to make a decision. The art of pugilism is still a fight. You have to get aggressive and dirty in order to get the result you desire.
As if he had nothing in his bank account, nothing in his pocket, and no luxury items in his life, the guy has to go back to that guy. He is daring to be great.
He's earned a lot of money and there's a lot of pressure on him. I think he's become a commodity because he's more interested in the business side of it than he is in the sport itself.
He is forgetting why he is fighting and what he is fighting for. We fight for a purse, we fight for money, but when I was a boxer, we didn't care about the money.
When you're financially secure, it's difficult to get out of bed and go for a run.
You get hit in the head. Why am I doing it if I don't need it? It's not necessary for AJ.
I'm familiar with a couple of things about second chances. I beat Kessler three years after losing on points to him.
I knocked George out in front of 80,000 people at Wembley in the second match. I don't know if I've mentioned that before.
The first fight felt like a loss because of the reaction of the fans and the media.
I was knocked out for six rounds in that fight and was on the floor for the first round. Most people thought the fight was stopped too early when I turned it around.
I was confident going into the second one because I knew I wasn't prepared for the first one. I had to work on my training.
It helped me that I wasn't outclassed in the first fights. The less time spent thinking about the second one the better.
He's quicker than me, his boxing brain is amazing, so how do I beat him? I don't know what to do to beat Usyk.
I don't think the first fight will help Joshua in the long run, but he can take solace in the fact that he didn't perform well.
He was told it was pointless to outbox this guy in the first fight. That's an advantage because it's not going to happen.
Joshua has split from his trainer and is now with a new one. You can get any trainer in the world, but it's up to the fighter.
Joshua thought there were too many voices and he was not getting the right instructions. You don't always hear what's happening when you're not there.
Rob McCracken knows what to do when you're getting beat and he wouldn't have told him to keep doing what he was doing.
I worked with Rob for a long time. We were similar to Mr Miyagi and the Karate Kid. If you don't question what he does, you're shot straight back down and you're taught a lesson. He was the master and I was the student when I first met him.
After my losses, I didn't consider leaving Rob, but I am not Joshua. It is definitely the right decision if it makes him feel better and it will make him perform better.
Usyk is a skilled fighter, just look at his background. He lost a few fights as an amateur.
He turned professional and became the undisputed unified cruiserweight champion in a division that was really tough at the time. He was unstoppable.
Usyk played with Chisora when they were fighting. I think he made the contest look like it was going to be close so he could get the fight.
Usyk is a bigger man now and that could be a positive or a negative. It affects your speed when you put on weight. Speed kills. I think the two main advantages are speed and reach.
Usyk's timing and shot selection is very good and he is ahead of everyone. It will be easier for Joshua to get him out of there if he loses that speed.
A monster isn't going to be up against a person. He will become one of the top heavyweights if he wins.
If Tyson is actually retired, he is one of the best ever and the man to beat.
If Joshua and Usyk win, I'd like to see them face off against each other. I want to see them fight the best of the best, not someone who has been sitting on the sideline for a long time.
He will have silenced the doubters if he beats Usyk and then someone like theGypsy King.
He is one of the top 10 all-time heavy hitters. Maybe even top 5.
The man was talking to Kal Sajad.
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