Summary and highlights of the Olexandr Usyk vs Anthony Joshua Heavyweight Title Match

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Judges rule that the Ukrainian wins on points and retains the title

In the first part of the last round Joshua was a little better, but after that the Ukrainian reacted. We will see what the judges decide 

Fatigue begins to arrive from both fighters, we reach the last round and nothing is decided;

 

What a way of reacting Usyk who sought to counterattack everything  is going to decide in the final fights  

Anthony Joshua went all out and even looked for the KO, time to suffer for the reigning champion.

Exchange of blows between the British and the Ukrainian, both begin to show fatigue, decisive moments to come in the next fights.

Usyk reacts in this round, a fighter who usually leaves something for the end, we will see how both manage the force for these last rounds.

Joshua has put against the ropes the reigning champion who is defending as best he can at the moment;

Something superiorfrom Joshua to Usyk at the end of the fifth round and we are already at the halfway point 

The referee stops the fight for a blow of the British on the Ukrainian 

Usyk seeks to react and was the one who launched some attacks, although it is still equal, this will be decided by details;

The pace of the Briton is getting better and better this time and if he has already put the champion in trouble, we will see what happens in the next rounds. Stay tuned 
 

 

Joshua sought to launch attacks, but without taking risks for either, it is costing the Briton a lot in this start of the fight.

The Ukrainian boxer has been the one who has dominated at the end of the first round although equality 

Both are already in the ring and in a few moments the fight will start;

The Croatian wins before the great duel by decision of the judges 

 

 

The heavyweight bout between   Filip Hrgovic and   Zhilei Zhang isá by the décimo round, this is the último round before the big fight  

Nationality: Great Britain
Date of birth: October 15, 1989
Height: 1.98 meters  
Total fights: 26
Record: 24-2 (22 KOs)

Nationality: Ukraine
Date of birth: January 17, 1987
Height: 1.91 meters
Total fights: 19
Record: 19-0 (13 KOs)

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Oleksandr Usyk (c) vs. Anthony Joshua for the WBA, IBF, WBO, IBO and IBO world heavyweight titles.
Callum Smith vs. Mathieu Bauderlique; middle heavyweight
Filip Hrgovic vs. Zhilei Zhang; Heavyweight
Badou Jack vs. Richard Rivera; cruiserweight
Ramla Ali vs. Crystal Garcia Nova; super bantamweight
Andrew Tabiti vs. James Wilson; heavyweight
Daniel Lapin vs. Jozef Jurko; middleweight
Ben Whitaker vs. Petar Nosic; middleweight
Bader Samreen vs. Fuad Tarverdi; light heavyweight
Ziyad Almaayouf vs. Jose Alatorre; super lightweight
Rasheed Belhasa vs.Traycho Georgiev; welterweight

Usyk also made his professional debut in 2013 after becoming Olympic champion (in the heavyweight division) in London 2012 and after nine consecutive wins by KO, in 2016 he became world cruiserweight champion. He made six defenses in the division until 2019, becoming undisputed champion and winner of the World Boxing Super Series tournament, until his 2019 debut as heavyweight. He won all three of his bouts in this division, against Chazz Witherspoon, Dereck Chisora and Anthony Joshua.

Joshua, who was Olympic champion (in the heavyweight division) at London 2012 and made his pro debut in 2013, has a 9-2 record in world fights, with wins over Vladimir Klitschko, Carlos Takam, Joseph Parker, Alexander Povetkin, Andy Ruiz Jr, Kubrat Pulev, Eric Molina, Dominic Breazeale and Charles Martin. In the last five years, the 32-year-old boxer has fought seven fights and won five of them.

They have only met once in their history. Both boxers will meet again after their confrontation in September 2021 in England, a fight that ended in favor of the Ukrainian by unanimous decision. At that time Joshua was the one defending the title, now the situation is changed and the one defending the crown is Osyk Olexandr 

The heavyweight title fight between current WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO champion Oleksandr Usyk and England's Anthony Joshua will steal the show this Saturday at the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
 

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