Whyte Felt Joshua's Performance Was Bizarre, Didn't Let His Hands Go
Dillian Whyte was confident that his amateur rival, Anthony Joshua, would stop Oleksandr Usyk in seven rounds of action last Saturday night at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
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Usyk Stamps His Greatness With Impressive Win Over Joshua
By Corey Erdman - During media availability two weeks before his bout against Anthony Joshua, Oleksandr Usyk was asked if he’d studied tape of Anthony Joshua. In conversations between media members and boxers, this is usually a set-up for fighters to posture a little bit. For whatever reason, a large number of boxers are programmed to say that they never study film at all, they just “leave it up to their trainer.” For some that may indeed be the case, but for many more it serves as an opportunity to convey nonchalance about their opponent and to suggest that they’re virtuosos for whom the ability to formulate a game plan is just second nature.
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Usyk Focused On Catching Up With Family: "Not Thinking About A Rematch Right Now"
A follow-up act was the last thing on Oleksandr Usyk’s after accomplishing his lifelong dream. Months of preparation and sacrifice was applied to Ukraine’s Usyk (19-0, 13KOs) soundly outpointing two-time unified heavyweight titlist Anthony Joshua over twelve rounds Saturday evening at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. The unbeaten former World cruiserweight king boxed and moved effectively, along with plenty of power shots for good measure to become a two-division and reigning WBA/IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight titlist.
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Joshua's Trainer: If AJ Applies Himself, He Will Get The Right Result in Rematch
Rob McCracken, the head trainer for Anthony Joshua, feels confident that his fighter will get revenge in a 2022 rematch with Oleksandr Usyk. This past Saturday night at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Usyk outboxed Joshua over twelve rounds to capture the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight titles.
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Froch: I Don't Fancy Joshua in Rematch - He Needs To Seriously Change Tactics, Get Rough Early
Former super middleweight champion Carl Froch disagreed with Anthony Joshua's strategy in Saturday's fight with Oleksandr Usyk. The unbeaten boxer from Ukraine was able to outbox Joshua over twelve rounds to capture the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight titles at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
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Hearn Expects Usyk-Joshua Rematch To Happen In February Or March In The UK
Eddie Hearn expects Anthony Joshua to embrace an immediate rematch with Oleksandr Usyk. The former heavyweight champion mentioned facing Usyk again next just a few minutes after the unbeaten Ukrainian southpaw out-boxed him to win the IBF, IBO, WBA and WBO titles Saturday night in London. Joshua has an immediate rematch clause in his contract, which his promoter senses he’ll exercise.
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Usyk: Fight Went Exactly As I Expected It To Go
This was the outcome always envisioned by Oleksandr Usyk from the moment he was in position to challenge for the heavyweight crown. The unbeaten southpaw became a two-division champion following a twelve-round, unanimous decision win over England’s Anthony Joshua to claim the WBA/IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight titles on the road at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. It was a fight which Usyk (19-0, 13KOs) and his team pushed for more than a year after being named mandatory challenger to the WBO belt one fight into his heavyweight tour after abandoning his undisputed cruiserweight championship reign.
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Hearn: Joshua Will Have To Make Fundamental Changes, Do A lot More To Beat Usyk
Eddie Hearn, promoter for Anthony Joshua, says his boxer will need to do a lot more in order to overcome Oleksandr Usyk in the rematch. On Saturday night at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Usyk impressively outboxed Joshua over twelve rounds to capture the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight titles.
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Fury's Promoter: Tyson Would Have Destroyed Joshua, Doubt Their Fight Happens
Tyson Fury's co-promoter, Frank Warren, highly doubts that a British super-fight with Anthony Joshua will happen in the future. On Saturday night at Tottenham Stadium, Joshua was clearly outboxed over twelve rounds by mandatory challenger Oleksandr Usyk.
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Anthony Joshua: No Sulking, I've Got To Take Loss as a Great Lesson
On Saturday night at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Anthony Joshua suffered the second defeat of his career when he was outboxed over twelve rounds by Oleksandr Usyk, who walked away with the WBO, IBO, WBA, IBF heavyweight titles.
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