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Ukrainian Aleksander Usyk on Sunday defeated British-Nigerian boxer, Anthony Joshua, by a split decision to win the heavyweight title rematch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Usyk lands more solid jabs on Joshua in the final round and the former champion tries to counter with punches of his own.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Usyk retained the IBF, IBO, WBA and WBO titles on a split decision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The first judge had 115-113 in favour of Joshua while the second 115-113 to Usyk and the third 116-112 to Usyk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Usyk, 35, had last year defeated the defending champion in London. The Ukrainian victory may set up a potential unification bout with Britain\u2019s Tyson Fury.<\/p>

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Addressing the crowd after the fight, Joshua said he had an elite prospect from youth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIf you knew my story you would understand the passion. I ain\u2019t no amateur boxer from five years old that was an elite prospect from youth. I was going to jail, I got bail and I started training my arse off, I wanted to be able to fight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m stealing this Usyk I\u2019m sorry, but it\u2019s because of the passion we put into this. This guy to beat me tonight, maybe I could have done better, but it shows the level of hard work I put in so please give him a round of applause as our heavyweight champion of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He added, \u201cI\u2019m not a 12-round fighter, look at me, I\u2019m a new breed of heavyweights, Mike Tyson, Sonny Liston, Jack Dempsey, \u2018you don\u2019t throw combinations like Rocky Marciano\u2019, I\u2019m 18 stone, I\u2019m heavy, it\u2019s hard work. This guy here is a phenomenal talent, we\u2019re going to cheer for him three times.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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