Usyk defeat Joshua Again in Rematch
Francis Joseph
Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk retained his WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight titles with a split-decision victory over Anthony Joshua in a rematch on Saturday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Two judges scored the fight 115-113 and 116-112 to Usyk, while a third judge gave it 115-113 to the challenger. While there were some close rounds, Usyk was the deserved winner.
Speaking after retaining his belt, Usyk devoted the win to his country Ukraine.
"I devote this victory to my family, my country, my team, to all the military defending this country - thank you so much," he said, before calling out WBC champion Tyson Fury.
"I'm sure that Tyson Fury is not retired yet. I'm convinced he wants to fight me. I want to fight him. If I'm not fighting Fury, I'm not fighting at all.
"Only God knows whether I will fight him or not but all these gentlemen here around me, my team, they are going to help me."
Fury recently announced his retirement after talks stalled to fight Derek Chisora but has until 26 August to decide on whether he will relinquish the belt.
Meanwhile in a video reaction to the Usyk vs Joshua rematch on his Instagram page, fury said.
"I will annihilate both of them on the same night,"
"Get your f---ing checkbook out because 'The Gypsy King' is here to stay forever!"