According to Garcia, the Briton was in deep despair due to the disappointing result of the rematch with Usyk. At the same time, AJ was able to quickly calm down and even in the locker room asked his promoter Eddie Hearn to arrange a new fight for him as soon as possible..

“Watching him change in the locker room, you could see the disappointment on his face.. He didn't want to lose, it's obvious, I know him. He was still a little upset about the defeat, but we quickly calmed him down.. Hearn was with us for a while and I liked that Anthony told him right away that he wanted to fight soon, told him that he wanted to fight in November.

Joshua said he wants to fight as fast as possible because he doesn't want to be in a state of failure for a long time, he wants to come back quickly to win," com.

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.

Note that the owner of the WBC heavyweight belt Tyson Fury harshly criticized the Usyk-Joshua rematch, calling both boxers " At the same time, he stated that he was ready to accept Usyk's challenge and fight him if his condition was met..

The media note that the fight for the title of absolute world champion in heavyweight may take place at the end of 2022.

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.