Joshua vs Usyk 2 LIVE!
Anthony Joshua‘s boxing future is uncertain after he was bested once again by Oleksandr Usyk in Saturday night’s high-profile rematch. Joshua gave an improved display for the most part in what was the biggest fight of his career to date following a comprehensive loss at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 11 months ago, but the ultra-talented southpaw Usyk ultimately proved just too good once again on the night in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, picking up a split-decision victory to stay unbeaten and retain the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO belts, also picking up The Ring title.
Passions spilled over after Joshua, denied a third championship reign, threw down two of Usyk’s belts and grabbed the microphone for a bizarre rant after the judges scores were read out, with the Ukrainian then stating his belief that Tyson Fury can be coaxed out of retirement for a mammoth money-spinning showdown to crown the first undisputed champion of boxing’s blue-riband division since Lennox Lewis.
The ‘Rage on the Red Sea’ had an entertaining undercard, including victory in a final IBF heavyweight title eliminator for Filip Hrgovic. Callum Smith also earned a shot at Artur Beterbiev’s WBC light-heavyweight belt, while Badou Jack controversially won a split decision. Ramla Ali produced an emphatic first-round knockout in the first professional women’s fight to be held in Saudi Arabia after Britain’s Olympic silver medalist Ben Whittaker picked up his second professional win.
Boxing schedule and results
Oleksandr Usyk bt Anthony Joshua
Filip Hrgovic bt Zhilei Zhang
Bader Al Samreen bt Fuad Tarverdi
Callum Smith bt Mathieu Bauderlique
Badou Jack bt Richard Rivera
Ziyad Almaayouf bt Jose Alatorre
Ramla Ali bt Crystal Garcia Nova
Andrew Tabiti bt James Wilson
Ben Whittaker bt Petar Nosic
Daniel Lapin bt Jozef Jurko
Traycho Georgiev bt Rashed ‘Money Kicks’ Belhasa
