At a press conference after the fight, Usyk was asked what he thinks of Vladimir Putin.

- Vladimir Putin likes to show off his judo black belt, go bare-chested and pretend to be macho. But you are the coolest guy in the world. How do you inspire people?

The Ukrainian boxer replied that the Kremlin dictator only wants to appear strong, but in fact he is very weak.

" He does it all to show that he is strong and handsome.. In fact, he is not like that, it's all a hoax. He shows that he is strong, but he is weak. Putin shows what he is, but he is very weak,"

Usyk - JOSHUA: THE BEST MOMENTS OF THE FIGHT (VIDEO) 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.