Oleksandr Usyk defeated Anthony Joshua once again today in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, retaining his WBA, IBF, and WBO heavyweight titles via split decision over 12 rounds.
Scores were 115-113 and 116-112 in favor of Usyk, with a third card at 115-113 for Joshua, which basically no one out there seems to believe was fair.
Usyk (20-0, 13 KO) definitely faced a better Joshua (24-3, 22 KO) than he did in 2021, but when push came to shove each time, he took Joshua’s best shots, slipped a lot more of them, and out-worked and out-boxed his opponent.
Simply put, Oleksandr Usyk is a better fighter than Anthony Joshua, too smart and clever and tactically sound, too good at making adjustments and making opponents pay for mistakes, and even beyond all that technical stuff, a deeply determined champion who has no time for losing.