Last October, heavyweight contender Derek Chisora gave Oleksander Usyk all he could handle over twelve rounds.

The unbeaten former undisputed cruiserweight champion walked away with a twelve round unanimous decision win.

This past Saturday night, Usyk catapulted his career to a higher perch after outboxing heavy favorite Anthony Joshua over twelve rounds to capture the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight titles.

Joshua has taken a lot of of heat from observers, who feels the British star made a big mistake by attempting to outbox an opponent who is highly regarded for boxing ability.

They feel Joshua should have employed the same tactics as Chisora, who made his fight with Usyk a very physical affair.

“He wanted to box the boxer. And if it had gone perfectly, and he had won, we would all be calling him a genius. It went the other way so we go back to the drawing board and he will get it right next time," Chisora told BT Sport.

“The game plan was the game plan they worked on, it’s not like he just came up with it in the ring on the day, this is what they worked on in the last five or six months. There was nothing wrong with the game plan but it just didn’t work enough. He could pull it off in the rematch, it is all up to him. He doesn’t have to change drastically, he just has to work more and put more power punches together. He had his own game plan which was to beat him with boxing.

“My game plan was to rough him up. I trained to rough Usyk up, he did not train to rough Usyk up. It just went the wrong way on the night but I believe the rematch will be an amazing fight.”