Bonnie Twitty
Reuters
NSlexander Usyk gave us a great show against Anthony Joshua, who could not boast in front of his fans in London and the Ukrainian was declared the new world heavyweight champion. in WBA, WBO and IBF after winning by unanimous decision with Cards 117-112, 116-112 and 115-113.
Joshua surprised him by stepping into the ring, and he put on a great show I even included dancing by the British, He fills everyone present in the stadium with emotion.
The Ukrainian fighter came out with more passion in the first round and he was the one who sought to connect the first strikes To Joshua pinned in the center of the ring but with his guard to avoid oversight.
The 2012 London Gold Medalist learned that the advantage of distance belonged to him and He wanted to keep Usyk as far away as possible with punches but without punches In the second round.
He was Until the third round when the challenger threw himself more aggressively up front and managed to put AJ in a tight spot, However, another factor that prevented him from returning the fight to his territory was finding the Ranger, with some caressing that halted his attacks. Shortly before the end of that episode, Oleksandr fell to the left, stunned the hero.
The tension at the start of the fourth round was so noticeable in Joshua that even the pitch decibels They were going down but Usyk couldn’t keep the penalty and let his opponent grow up.
We had to wait until the fifth round to see Joshua drop his hands even harder, Forcing Usyk to stop his attacks for a moment and walk around the ring to avoid punishment.
Looks like the world champion has learned the way and Back in the sixth round he managed to land really big in the face of the challenger, Begin balancing the scales.
The actions of whoever defeated Andy Ruiz to regain the full world title continued to rise and this also increased the size of the audience, who also grew in confidence, Until it appeared again to Usyk’s left that by pure miracle he did not take Joshua to the plate.
What a shot #JoshuaUsykpic.twitter.com/kEom57u49N
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If anything is clear until then, it is that none of the fighters can easily sell defeat and They gave us arrows to remember, which undoubtedly opens the doors for a second match Later.
Tournament rounds appeared, and with it fatigue in the Ukrainian body, who already had the effects of fighting in his right eye and was looking to take a breath to carry out a new attack but AJ wouldn’t allow it.
Despite the lack of energy, The challenger still had air to launch a massive attack at the start of the penultimate round that made Joshua reeling But he managed to get back on his feet.
Anthony Joshua had to come out to the last round with everything up front but And the brave and bloody Usyk did not allow this, leaving the rest in the ring and imposing conditions in their favour.
What an ending! #JoshuaUsykpic.twitter.com/ZMFNunGO7B
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Laurence Malcom
