Oleksandr Krasyuk, promoter of the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, said that after the results were announced, AJ almost got into a fight with the coach of the Ukrainian boxer Yuriy Tkachenko.

The Briton was so disappointed with his defeat that he lifted up two belts that belonged to Usyk and threw them out of the ring..

" He did not do it out of evil, did not have any bad intentions. It's an outpouring of emotion. How it was? He heard the verdict and realized that he lost. The psychology of the fight was such that he almost touched the victory. According to Usyk, in the eighth round he saw victory in Joshua's eyes - Anthony began to realize it, which made the defeat even more painful.

At first he congratulated, hugged, and then went to his corner. Further, belts were hung on Usyk, but the WBA title is not on a sticker, but on a strap. I closed the strap to put it on Usyk. One closed and the other failed. At that moment, Joshua comes up and says, " Takes another The Ring belt, goes to his corner and throws them out of the ring.

He walked along one wall of the ropes, walked with a very confident step and brushed his shoulder with Yuri Ivanovich, Sasha's coach. Yuri Ivanovich turned around and said: \? and Joshua turned on: \! He really started to hold. He wanted to throw. The son of Yuri Ivanovich came up - such tension. He's really furious, with furious eyes. He was held by seven. He left, dived between the ropes and ran,"

On the night of August 21, 2022, Usyk defeated Joshua by split decision in a rematch, which took place in the city of Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). Thus, the Ukrainian defended all the titles taken from AJ last fall, 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.;

32-year-old Joshua 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.