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BREAKING: Usyk beats Joshua, retains heavyweight title
Usyk beats Joshua by split decision in the heavyweight title fight.
Usyk lands more solid jabs on Joshua in the final round and the former champion tries to counter with punches of his own.
Oleksandr Usyk out boxed Anthony Joshua to retain his IBF, IBO, WBA (Super) and WBO titles in a split decision on Saturday.
The Judges scored the fight 115-113 to Joshua, 115-113 to Usyk and 116-112 to Usyk.
Joshua who was not pleased with the result got close to leaving the arena after throwing two of the belts on the ground and asking Usyk, āYou are not skilled, how did you beat me?ā
He, however, returned to the ring, grabbed the microphone and asked the crowd to applaud Usyk.
He went ahead to say, āUsyk is one hell of a fighter. Thatās just emotion.
āIf you knew my story, youād understand the passion. Iām not an amateur boxer. I was going to jail and I got bail and I started training. If I got sentenced, I wanted to be able to fight.
āIt shows the passion we put into this. For this guy to beat me tonight, it shows the levels of hard work he must have put in so please give him a round of applause as heavyweight champion of world.
āThey said that Iām not a 12-round fighter. I aināt 14 stone, Iām 18 stone, Iām heavy. Itās hard work. This guy here is phenomenal.ā
Speaking directly to, he said: āI was studying Ukraine and all the champions from your amazing country. Iāve never been there. Whatās happening there, I donāt know but itās not nice. For Usyk to be champion, under those circumstances, please raise your hands.ā