On Saturday, August 20, Ukrainian WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk defeated British Anthony Joshua in a rematch held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

After the fight, Joshua was very disappointed and made an emotional speech. Among other things, A.J. touched upon the topic of the war between Ukraine and Russia, mistakenly calling its initial stages a "

\? As I said, I studied Ukraine and all the champions who came from your wonderful country. I have never been there, but at the same time what is happening is unpleasant.

I saw that when Lomachenko fought with Salido (2014 - approx.. ), there were riots in Ukraine, a civil war. When Vitali Klitschko fought Danny Williams, there were civil unrest in Ukraine too. And under such circumstances, now Usyk managed to become a champion,"

In the rematch, Usyk defeated Joshua by split decision: 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.