According to the American, Usyk's highest boxing intelligence was the decisive factor in his triumph over Joshua in a rematch.

Usyk vs. Joshua: BEST FIGHT MOMENTS (VIDEO) " His IQ was too high for Anthony. At the same time, I have no disrespect for Joshua, I still respect his achievements in amateur and professional.

Joshua just can't be the iconic fighter against some guys. If you don't work on yourself, you don't develop. He has a great right hand that flies out like a rocket, but if you deprive him of this, drag him into the later rounds and make him think, then you will see psychological fatigue, "

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 taken 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.