•As Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk exchanged banters, show respect to each other at backstage
Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk had showed respect to one each other at backstage after their fight on Saturday night.
Britain’s unified heavyweight champion was outboxed and dethroned by the Ukrainian, who put on a magnificent performance to make history.
Usyk’s speed, movement and accuracy troubled AJ all night long.
The Brit had moments of success throughout the fight, but could not maintain this for long enough to emerge victorious.
Usyk ultimately outclassed Joshua and had him out on his feet in the final round, with the bell saving AJ from being knocked out.
The scores were 117-112, 116-112, 115-113, crowning Usyk a two-division king of the world.
There is plenty of respect between the pair.
They even shared a joke after the fight
Joshua and Usyk kept things respectful throughout the build-up to their fight.
And they continued this after the final bell.
Backstage, the pair met up, shook hands and embraced, with Usyk returning AJ’s belts to him as he will be sent new ones by the sanctioning bodies.
Eddie Hearn has already confirmed Joshua intends to take the rematch and so AJ told him: “See you soon.”
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