Usyk punches Joshua off the heavyweight throne

In front of 60.000 fans at the Tottenham Hotspur football stadium, the Ukrainian became a party crasher and won a unanimous points victory in a high-class fight. Joshua, however, lost the world championship belts of the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO associations for the second time after 2019. Usyk was already a four-time world champion in the cruiserweight division and moved to the premier class of boxing in 2019. At the open-air spectacle in London, boxing idol Vitaly Klitschko celebrated the triumph of his compatriot, who can now count himself among the greatest boxers in history.

Joshua had already surprisingly defeated Andy Ruiz Jr. in New York in June 2019. lost, but got the title back a good year later. A revenge has also been agreed with mandatory challenger Usyk.

“Alexander Usyk was fantastic. It wasn't a great performance from AJ, he looked more and more tired as it went on. Usyk had the perfect plan and made history,” said Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn. For Usyk it was his 19th win in his 19th fight as a professional.

The outstanding technician had clear height and weight disadvantages against Joshua. That's why the 34-year-old relied on his speed against the world champion, who was three years his junior, and visibly overwhelmed Joshua. Usyk repeatedly came through with his quick combinations and dominated the fight in the first four rounds. Only then did Joshua catch himself and come out of his passivity. But in the final phase Usyk was there again, while Joshua was apparently just waiting for the final bell.

With Usyk's victory, the longed-for duel between Joshua and his compatriot Tyson Fury has fallen through for the time being. The unification fight with the WBC champion had already been fixed before a court ordered that Fury had to box against Deontay Wilder for the third time. This fight will take place on October 9th in Las Vegas.

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Usyk punches Joshua off the heavyweight throne

Anthony Joshua shrugged off the judges' clear verdict, and the new heavyweight king Alexander Usyk was celebrated with his four world championship belts.

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