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Joshua Buatsi reveals plans after Willy Hutchinson fight
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Joshua Buatsi is planning to watch the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dimitry Bivol unification fight in October after his own light heavyweight clash.
Buatsi will take on Willy Hutchison on September 21, live on DAZN, and the winner will have a strong claim to face either Bivol or Beterbiev when the two champions resolve their rivalry.
Speaking to BoxingScene, Buatsi described how he had been preparing since his win over Dan Azeez back in February.
“After the Azeez fight, I think I had a month off,” he said. “I still trained, but it was a month in England and Europe. It was a month away from camp, basically.
"Then I came back to the States until early June. I figured out the fight [with Anthony Yarde] wasn’t going to happen. I wanted to fight mid-June.
“I came back and watched the fight between Richard Riakporhe and Chris Billam-Smith, hung around and then this fight came about and I got on the plane and came back out here.
"I’ve been training, I’ve been in camp. I think people wonder what I do in the long spells between fights. I tell them, ‘You get up and go to work. I get up and go to the gym.’ It’s the same thing. That’s my routine. Training is the first thing I do.
“Once you’re finished, you can do whatever you want. But when I wake up, I go to the gym first and spend hours there, and then the day is mine. When I come to the States, it’s literally only boxing. That’s all I do out here.”
Bivol meets Beterbiev on October 12 in Saudi Arabia, and Buatsi is planning to be there.
“That will be the next move after this fight, God willing,” he added. “Head out there to see the two champions go at it and see who unifies the division.”
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