Oleksandr Usyk established new highs in punches landed by an Anthony Joshua opponent (170) and most punches landed on Anthony Joshua in a round (39 punches in the 10th round).

Over the last three rounds, Usyk out-threw Joshua 232 - 149, and out-landed Joshua 79 - 29.

Joshua came into this fight landing 12.4 of 39.2 punches per round. In this fight, Joshua averaged 10 and 41. Usyk came into this bout landing 15.5 of 50 punches per round (31%) as a heavyweight. In this fight, Usyk averaged 14 and 59.

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - In a highly anticipated heavyweight rematch, Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) overcame some tough moments to win a twelve round split decision over Anthony Joshua (24-3, 22 KOs) to retain the WBO, IBF, WBA, IBO world titles.

The scores were 115-113 for Joshua, 115-113 for Usyk, and 116-112 for Usyk.

Last September at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Usyk outboxed Joshua over twelve rounds to capture unified crown. Afterwards, Joshua would exercise an immediate rematch clause.