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SPECIAL REPORT BY RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Just like the big right hand that came before it, there's a doubt that causes confusion in Chris van Heerden's mind. Every day, a round and round goes, salting an old wound with new suspicions. It has been this way for the thick end of a fortnight now. He finds himself drifting back to that night in April, at Manchester Arena, where this former champion fancied his chance against a buzzed name. He remembers it all. He can recall the warmth of the first session and the subsequent feeling on his stool that indicated that he'd give it another three days to relax the nerves before increasing the heat.

Ever since Anthony Joshua's weight became a point of discussion since he first began to professional boxing in 2013. Fans from around the world have blasted the British heavyweight for being 'too heavy,'too heavy,' and 'too sluggish.' So, Sportsmail's Charlotte Daly investigated whether there is a direct correlation between Joshua's appearances in the rings and the number of the scales, ahead of his blockbuster fight with Oleksandr Usyk on August 20.

According to former world champion Johnny Nelson (inset), Anthony Joshua (centre) will win the heavyweight division if he defeats Oleksandr Usyk (left) on Saturday. Joshua, 32, returns to Saudi Arabia for another career-defining match after losing to the Ukrainian mastermind in September last year. On a rough evening, the two-time heavyweight champion was completely outclassed as the former cruiserweight king Usyk made his debut as a heavyweight and a pound-for-pound champion.

JEFF POWELL - Anthony Joshua has been going through mental torture before attempting to physically torture the Ukrainian genius who mesmerized him into forgoing his world heavyweight titles next weekend. At the start of a big fight week in a desert full of mirages, it is not simple to decipher, and it is getting more difficult for him. Joshua is struggling to extricate himself from the psychological maze in which he completely lost his route against the smaller but faster and more precise Oleksandr Usyk in Tottenham 11 self-flagellating months ago.

Anthony Joshua (right) first tasted defeat on the night, but it was the one that changed everything for the heavyweight. At a raucous Wembley Stadium on April 29, 2017, the British Adonis put it all on the line as he faced his biggest challenge in Wladimir Klitschko. Joshua gained the victory. He defended his position not only as a legitimate heavyweight champion, but also as a blockbuster pay-per-view warrior. Despite this, his vulnerabilities were exposed both the world and, more importantly, himself.