Oleksandr Usyk: record, next fight and profile →
Former two division champion Ricky Hatton has some concerns after watching last Saturday's fight between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The president of the World Boxing Council (WBC), Mauricio Sulaiman, have high praise to the recent victory Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk, who last Saturday night, at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, captured four heavyweight belts with a twelve round unanimous decision over Anthony Joshua.
Former unified world champion Wladimir Klitschko believes his former foe, Anthony Joshua, can bounce back strong from the jaws of defeat. In the final bout of his career, in 2017, Klitschko was stopped in the eleventh round of a 'Fight of The Year' scrap with Joshua.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for Anthony Joshua, explains that his boxer - even after last weekend's defeat - is still the biggest draw in the heavyweight division - and that includes his domestic rival Tyson Fury.
There was a 19-month stretch where all the relevant heavyweight hardware resided in the United Kingdom. Oleksandr Usyk changed that dynamic on September 25, earning a twelve-round, unanimous decision win over England’s Anthony Joshua to claim the WBA/IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight belts. Manchester’s own Tyson Fury still holds the lineal/WBC crowns and—along with his upcoming trilogy clash with Deontay Wilder—really isn’t worried about much else beyond that.
Count Andy Ruiz as one among the legion of shocked observers who saw Oleksandr Usyk’s recent upset win over Anthony Joshua. Like many others, the Mexican-American heavyweight titleholder expected his former nemesis to come out on top against the Ukrainian southpaw in their WBA/WBO/IBF heavyweight title bout that took place on Sept. 25 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. Instead, Joshua wound up tasting defeat for the second time in his career, dropping a 12-round decision to the former unified cruiserweight champion.
Welterweight contender Conor Benn was ringside last Saturday night at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, where Anthony Joshua was outboxed over twelve rounds by Oleksandr Usyk.
Tyson Fury admitted Wednesday that he was “absolutely wounded” when he watched Oleksandr Usyk knock off Anthony Joshua on Saturday night in London.
Last October, heavyweight contender Derek Chisora gave Oleksander Usyk all he could handle over twelve rounds. The unbeaten former undisputed cruiserweight champion walked away with a twelve round unanimous decision win.
Promoter Eddie Hearn is confident that his charge Anthony Joshua will bounce back in his expected rematch against Oleksandr Usyk. England’s Joshua lost his heavyweight titles (IBF, WBA, IBO, WBO) to the Ukrainian whiz by 12-round unanimous decision at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London last Saturday night.