After the end of the fight and the announcement of the verdict, Joshua lost his nerve. He picked up two belts that belonged to Usyk and threw them out of the ring.. AJ then left the ring himself, but returned to pick up the microphone and comment on his defeat..

Usyk - JOSHUA: BEST MOMENTS OF THE FIGHT (VIDEO) Moreover, before the emotional speech, the Briton had a small skirmish with one of the members of Usyk's team. Usyk commented on the scandalous behavior of his rival at a press conference after the fight.

\? Nothing. Emotions. It's okay, you need to talk to him. I don't want to be proud, I want to be humble and I'm working on it. pride kills. Whoever presents himself - the Lord will lower him. And who lowers himself, the Lord raises up.

I have respect for Joshua, but he's a little emotional today.. I saw him lash out at someone on my team.. If he also wanted to fight with his fists, I do not advise him to do this.. I have half of the team - streetfighters. I have 20 fights so far. Some of my guys have 25 fights, 25 knockouts, they won all 25 - on the street,"

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.