After his victory in a rematch with Joshua, the Ukrainian boxer said that now he is only interested in a fight against Fury for the title of absolute world champion..
Usyk vs. Joshua: BEST MOMENTS OF THE FIGHT (VIDEO) Immediately after the end of the fight, the " He posted a video on Twitter where he harshly criticized Usyk and Joshua.
\! It was one of the worst heavyweight title fights I have ever seen.! It was some kind of nonsense! I would destroy them both in one night," A little later, Fury nevertheless responded to the challenge that Usyk threw him.. The Briton assured that he was ready to box with the Ukrainian if the organizers of the fight offered the necessary amount of money.
“I just saw Joshua lose to Usyk for the second time, he went crazy. England stripped of belts, but I can offer a solution. If you want these belts back, please send the Gypsy Barbarian. Send me and I will deprive the Ukrainian homeless of his titles, as I did with the last Ukrainian homeless (Fury took away the titles from Wladimir Klitschko in 2015 - approx..
But it will be expensive. If you want a better representative, you'll have to pay. It will cost a lot. Therefore, take out your checkbook, and I will deprive the Ukrainian homeless of their belts,"
In the rematch, held in the city of Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Usyk defeated Joshua by a split decision of the judges: 113-115, 115-113, 116-112. Thus, the Ukrainian defended all the titles that he took away from the British in London last year, and also won the vacant belt of The Ring magazine.
Now the 35-year-old Usyk has 20 wins (13 by knockout) in 20 fights. He held four of them in the heavyweight division.. Before that, Alexander became the absolute world champion in the cruiserweight (weight category up to 90.7 kg), having won all four of the most prestigious belts there..
Joshua, 32, has 24 wins (22 by knockout) and three losses. For the first time, AJ lost in June 2019 to Andy Ruiz, but in December of the same year he defeated the Mexican in a rematch and regained his titles.