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JEFF POWELL: If Anthony Joshua uses muscle memory of his teenage London bar brawls he'll knock out canny southpaw Oleksandr Usyk... forget the scenic route and take the direct path

This is not Anthony Joshua's first fight in Tottenham. There was a time when he and his pals bundled into fast cars for the madcap drive from Finchley.

Their destination: The Opera House. No, not the Royal home of opera and ballet but the dodgy old night club where he knew he would be called out by yobs wanting to take on the biggest guy in the building.

Which he was back then and will be again on Saturday night in the more auspicious environs of the spanking new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Anthony Joshua fights Ukrainianu00a0Oleksandr Usyk on home turf in north London on Saturday
Usyk, the Ukrainian challenger for his world heavyweight titles, stands half a head shorter than Joshua

Anthony Joshua fights Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk on home turf in north London on Saturday

Joshua got into a few teenage scraps in Tottenham and will have 68,000 eyes on him this time

Oleksandr Usyk, the Ukrainian challenger for his world heavyweight titles, stands half a head shorter than Joshua.