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LONDON. — Anthony Joshua reckons Oleksandr Usyk will provide him with the second toughest test of his professional boxing career.

The Watford warrior will defend his unified heavyweight titles against the undefeated Ukrainian next Saturday at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium.

Slick southpaw Uysk (34) has bamboozled all of his opponents with his footwork, with none of his 18 professional foes able to solve his unique puzzle.

Joshua is all too aware of the skills possessed by The Cat, telling the BBC: “On paper, he sits number two, behind Wladimir Klitschko.

“They’re very different technically, but on paper he’s an Olympic gold medallist, he reigned for over 10 years, he’s number one.

“But Usyk is number two because of his success at cruiserweight and then his success so far at heavyweight.”

“One of his strengths is that he’s getting in the ring with me.

“I’ve got to give him credit for that, it’s going to be tough.”

Joshua (31) has put a special emphasis on ring work in his latest camp in preparation for the fleet-footed and elusive Usyk.

He added: “He’s a southpaw, he’s been fighting orthodoxes his whole life, we fight southpaws once in a blue moon.— The Sun.