On Saturday, August 20, Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk successfully defended his WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight titles in a rematch with Briton Anthony Joshua.

After twelve rounds, Usyk defeated Joshua by split decision -115-113, 116-112 and 113-115.

However, according to CompuBox strike statistics, the Ukrainian should have won by unanimous decision..

Usyk landed far more punches than his opponent: 712 vs. 492. He also surpassed Joshua in the number of accurate shots - 170 to 124 for the Briton..

The Ukrainian also dominates in accurate jabs: 39 jabs hit the target (out of 397), while his opponent hit 23 times (out of 212 attempts). The statistics of accurate power shots also turned out to be on the side of Usyk: 315 against 280.

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 KO) and three losses on his track record.. 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.