JOSHUA vs USYK | FULL FIGHT

[Music] ladies and gentlemen from tottenham hotspur stadium london england eddie hearn for matchroom boxing proudly presents the main event of the evening 12 rounds of boxing for the heavyweight championship of the world presented in association with k2 promotions aj boxing 258 management and u617 promotions sponsored by william hill stubhub and jd sports and sanctioned by the british boxing board of control steward in charge charles giles sanctioned along with the ibf the ibo the wba and the wbo the officials assigned to ringside timekeeper stephen pucci the three judges scoring from ukraine victor fest shaco from england howard holster and from the united states steve weisfeld and inside the ring in charge of the action at the bell your world championship veteran referee michael alexander and now the officials are in place and they are ready the fighters are in the ring and they are ready boxing fans are you ready for the thousands in attendance and the millions watching around the world ladies and gentlemen waiting out of the red corner with his trainer yuri takshenko wearing white with blue official weight 221 one quarter house his professional record is a perfect one consisting of 18 fights 18 victories 13 wins by knockout he's an olympic gold medal champion fighting out of and representing all the people of ukraine the former undisputed undefeated overweight champion of the world the number one wbo ranked heavyweight contender in the world [Music] [Applause] and across the ring hiding out of the blue hunter with his trainer rob mccracken wearing white and officially weighing in at 240 pounds this olympic gold medal champion now has a professional record consisting of 25 fights 24 victories including 22 big wins by knockout with only one defeat and then one defeat was avenged thereby making him a champion who has defeated every man he's ever faced in the ring from london the heavyweight of england to reigning [Music] heavyweight champion of the world [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] wow [Applause] anthony joshua one of the best heavyweights in recent memory a chance to prove it again tonight but he faces what many consider to be all around his toughest challenge yet alexander usyk from the ukraine and here we go todd grisham darren parker and roy jones jr ringside well this is what i expected from anthony joshua to come to the center ring but so oh good backhand for music good shot also expected lots of faints to come from the smaller man from ukraine uzik trying to get the reaction from anthony joshua roy jones says it's very important for joshua to get out to a quick start it is but we see i saw using get off to the start first with a good left-hand lead [Applause] all the talk about usyk being too small for a heavyweight he looks the part right now coming in at over 220 pounds joshua closer to 240. joshua's very smart to come in bigger because you want to be able to put him if any chance comes has positive work with the feet from music he doesn't want to give up too much ground then he hasn't so far certainly got to be nerves for both these fighters despite them having fought on big stages before i mean 70 000 people that's good for everybody i'm nervous oh nice right hand there from joshua that backs usyk up a little bit we learn from his fight against derek jusor that usyk does have a good chin yeah he does against tony bellew who's caught with the backhand shrugged it off against derek trezora and with a spoon he was caught with the backhand he has a real good knack of taking the sting out of the shot with his foot footwork and his quick reactions and he's gonna have to rely on though to see this left hand there for the challenger and johnson's letting us get too close there's some hit him like that a few more times he'll go down he can't let us keep hitting like that we should get too close to him without him backing up he feels like lucy can't hurt him but using has put some real fear in his heart already yeah he's good in a good rhythm with his feet here usyk bouncing up and down he landed a lovely shot two big shots that's not good for joshua there you go josh was standing right in the middle of the variant just pivoting on his back foot he's he's trying to answer him that's what you want to see him do good back hand to the body by using lucik has not stood still for a moment [Applause] i've been impressed with the positioning of his feet in this ring he's holding the center not getting backed up onto the ropes where anthony joshua would like rusev and that's what that anthony joshua did right away was to establish himself a bag another left a straight left from usyk who may have come out here and won this first round talk about making a statement in london [Music] [Applause] [Music] joshua said sometimes i have to get burned to learn not to touch the stove maybe usic was a little too hot to handle there in round one yeah smart boxing by usic and again comes to the center of the ring plenty of faints always jerking here and there trying to get a reaction from anthony joshua that's what anthony joshua done so well against pulev in his last contest the jab good variation with the jab that's what he needs to try and establish into this contest has to establish there if he doesn't establish that then it doesn't look good to beat the taller or bigger fighter [Applause] no rush for the weary these guys have come out throwing punches moving non-stop fighting like light heavyweights that's what has to do he's the smaller guy and that's what joshua has to do right there you just straight right hand to the body just try to slow him down [Applause] darren did you expect us to be so aggressive probably not as aggressive with his feet that he's shown here holding the center ring he has such a good ability to be able to navigate back to the center of the ring without his back touching the rope smart boxing exactly in the right position good job also by using joshua said this would be a battle of conditioning and he might be right [Applause] yes very good now both fighters are control [Applause] first round when usa was fading joshua wasn't reacting to him now he's reacting to the face and faintly as well changing their levels by osip head and body when you're fighting a taller man that's exactly what you need to be doing [Applause] so many faints from both these fighters brilliant i don't like that joshua's not fainting here look get back with each face with their left hand joshua to fall over that front foot so he can find that like that going straight after the champ he is not deterred or fearful at all well he knows he has to cut a boxing skill and right now he's willing to fight with his skills and he shouldn't be because this is early this is where the powerful man or the bigger man should be dominated there's a right with shots like that [Applause] but lucic gonna get his right back shots of the body they're showing you that he's out here to win the fight he's not here he backed him up with a straight left and oozing he is right up in aj's kitchen you still gotta be careful because aj still can take him out with their food right at any time very good positive start by using [Applause] the game plan seemingly working to perfection so far for the challenger well you got to also remember though joshua has that one push knockout power they can't get anybody out so it's not going to be safe for using until it's completely over can we see using straight to the center of the ring allowing space behind him i expect either this round or the next couple of rounds andy joshua to start stepping forward really forcing himself onto us there's a nice shot from jj but every time usa gets hit roy he goes right back and gets a receipt you know that his mindset is that i'm not gonna be outdone tonight i'll have to be knocked out to be uh to lose because every time he hits me once i'm gonna hit him twice and that's what's been doing so far oh and again usyk with a straight left hand the southpaw scores two big shots straight down the middle of the guard of aj took it well though [Applause] there's that tremendous footwork that's what i'm talking about he's going left and right he's not going straight down the pike so you don't have to worry about running into a big shot and that's what he has to do change the boy jones jr [Applause] keep up this pace for 12 rounds i think he can and if he can this would be something spectacular to see but when he gets fatigued he has to avoid those big shots still but aj like i said is deadly from round one to the end of the fight finding it hard to work out this puzzle at the minute aj he needs to let that jab go you got to try quit trying to put the punch on usic and just throw it right now he's trying to place it that's going to be very difficult like to close the gap slightly with his feet aj and what we have to remember is that using survive the punches such as guys and uh so big punches do not scare him at all still waiting for aj to land a big right hand pulling away at the jab as usual bounces in out and side to side his fellow countryman vasily lomochenko would be proud of the angles he's taken here tonight of course that's a straight left right down the pipe again he's killing aj with the fake game guys aj is not used to his fake game from a southpaw alexander using putting into the book on the legs through the legs the champ is in real trouble here in round three do you believe what we're seeing yes he didn't get too both will aj play it safe or will he go for the gusto like he did in the first fight against andy ruiz wow [Applause] this has been believe it or not almost all one-way traffic through three full rounds for the challenger who's coming up from cruiserweight to try and steal joshua's world title that was a slip but a punch got him off balance they just can't get comfortable because all it takes is one from joshua [Applause] has to stay switched on aj they're in a headlights at the minute using boxes so well lots of movement really finding the range now with that backhand see how see how joshua moves his feet back in that's what he needs to do every time using thanks toward him like that but usually he's not doing it and that's why he's getting caught with a big shot like right there you got to move your feet back you can't just move your head back this crowd doesn't know quite how to react right now just a buzz of uncertainty here from 70 000. it's a marking over the right eye under [Applause] round four scheduled for 12. what a heavyweight battle this has been alexander usyk has been fantastic [Applause] so impressed with the jab as well give it up a few inches of reach but still managing to out jab aj there's a right hand from aj an awkward step there from usic but again he goes right back into the fire [Applause] and for the first time we've got to clinch quickly they're apart look like [Applause] aj appears to get be getting a little bit more comfortable and that may not be a good thing as a left cross from usyk connects exactly what you said he's always thinking and always trying to look for the opening exactly always trying to unlock the puzzle in front of him painting the man out of position he's using those face very good right there to faint just out of position that's how he's hitting him he's fading him out of position first or holding him in place and then he's throwing a big shot after him like that [Music] [Applause] yes regained his composure [Applause] it's been a long time but we saw joshua overcome adversity against vladimir klitschko he was dropped in that fight came back to win [Music] [Applause] oh [Applause] [Applause] me this fight has flown by we're in the fifth round already darren how do you have it scored through four full rounds i have three rounds rusik won for aj i thought that was a good response from andy joshua in the last round but impressive start for music you agree with that yes 100 3-1 for the challenger who buckled the knees a sneaky little right uppercut there for musa [Applause] and of course aj was all signed sealed and delivered to fight tyson fury in the biggest prize fight perhaps in boxing history we all know the story now he's got usyk imagine what tyson fury's thinking right now i can tell you what tyson fury's thinking he's thinking that aj better keeps backing up every time using face that overhand left or that fight with joshua is going to be open [Applause] so much on the line for aj here tonight see that that's the that's the point i don't like right there does not move back you have to move back with your feet just like you did right there [Music] good job from aj a good backhand to the body for music he's down that well changing the levels again another left hand lands for the southpaw from kiev ukraine lucic says that was low the referee didn't seem to mind to the body big hands to the body from aj yeah very good by the shot [Applause] is aj beginning to figure him out roy no not yet but he's figuring out that he needs to go to the body more he is figuring that out he's controlling the pace better though now anthony joshua yeah still getting picked off as much oh another straight left splits the guard for us [Applause] aj with the right this is better stuff from aj but can he hold this for 12 rounds good job [Applause] good football you just feel that if usa connects with a big shot again aj is going to be in trouble but you also feel it aj connects with a big shot in trouble that's the beauty of heavyweights all it takes is one aj with a right shot he's found his confidence again he learned tonight from us yeah exactly took his head off center line and landed the right hand good shot let's see if usyk becomes a little bit more aggressive as some of these rounds might be tilting towards the champ the champ bounced back good those last two rounds roy anthony told everyone that he changed his approach to training he didn't hit focus pads and said he works more on the heavy bag this camp is that a good thing or a bad thing i think it's a good thing you hit focus pads don't allow you to use reach as much guys throw the punches for you instead of you throwing your own punches whereas the heavy bag at least you get to reach out to the end and hit the heavy bag unfortunately the heavy bag in front of him right now named usic does not stand still good job he moves a lot a lot more than the conventional heavy bag but now you see joshua stalking him this is what joshua should have been doing from round one roy you told us right before the fight you thought usyk should start turning things on in round six here we are well a little differently because i'd expect us to win for a three of the first four rounds picking the shots here yeah joshua nice jabs he's landed the backhand and what's fascinating here is that joshua has actually made a better adjustment yeah than usual usually we see using adjust later in the fight right now joshua has adjusted joshua's stopping using getting into his rhythm plenty of fates of his own he's mixing the jab up head of body landed the backhand this is better boxing from anthony joshua he's learning on the job oh good combination from joshua answers back you should see josh without throwing power on all those shots now which is what he should have been doing because now he can wait till he can touch him and after he can touch it then he can try to hit him hard [Music] downstairs to the body with the left usually looking for overhead left right there joshua's going to pay close potential but if he lands it might be over here the crowd sensing the pendulum is swimming swinging in their [Applause] 20 seconds to go here in the sixth he needs to start trying to find the backhand of his own again who's sick he's stopped throwing it counter right hook from aj straight right usyk may just want to scamper around until he hears the bell for now and that's what he does and we head to the seventh good fight and what a very good response from andy joshua hi gabe oleg two uh uc ball first three rounds and i've given the last three rounds to aj so now we gotta even fight now we back up [Applause] well roy what would your advice be right now for alexander usyk uh get back to the body start throwing more straighten up and start throwing more overhead left you got to hurt him again and my advice to joshua keep doing exactly what you're doing use your left hand and touch him with shots if you touch him you can hit him [Music] oh boy there's your answer for music and a jab backs joshua up again to the body [Applause] right when joshua seems to be getting comfortable getting in his groove usyk answers back [Applause] it is hard to convey the atmosphere these two men are fighting in right now it is off the charts electric oh back out for music aj took the sting out of that just left back but uh punches are not as hard as they were earlier though straight up in that left hand right on the chin joshua took that one [Music] well a lot more [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] guard down just slightly and usyk made him pay relax you relax after he hit it you can't relax after you hit somebody [Music] aj's got that smile we saw it against andy ruiz it's not a good smile [Applause] he almost went down the champ still on his feet though your feet got tangled up he didn't land a good shot but the feet got tangled up [Applause] got him with the right [Applause] his moment here in round seven will aj stand and brawl good boxing smart boxing producing in this round started to find the ranger game with that backhand [Applause] we are watching two masters at work on the biggest stage of them all what else i don't like is that joshua's getting up on the school before usual is the little man who's supposed to be in better shape so this is not good for us he's giving joshua confidence usyk says he doesn't fight for money doesn't fight for fame he only fights for glory and he's maybe about five rounds away from getting the ultimate glory here tonight the only bad thing for using is that he's better rounds with the earlier rounds and this situation with him being a smarter boxer he wanted his better round to be the later round [Applause] aj has made a lot of beautiful adjustments like that i think it's taking some of the power out of the shots as well he's loaded up too much in the uh opening rounds now he's sort of trying to level up and change the pace of the shot thinking all the time that's called making an adjustment made a beautiful adjustment with us joshua's constantly touting his ring iq but can he outsmart the ultimate thinker and usyk in that right hand connected [Applause] tell you what else i like i thought would put pressure on joshua but joshua's actually putting pressure on he's staying very close to him making him stay set that wears to fight him down as well [Music] oh uppercut to the body you don't see that too often and then a swiping right hand is touching he's not hitting with power shots he's just touching because if he keeps touching him he'll be able to load up on one soon oh good shot to the solar plexus from anthony joshua [Applause] nice see also he's not as quick as the back as he was earlier in the fight a big swing and a miss there for the challenger but he connects that time it's the first time we've seen usyk throw four or five shots on the bounce misses with the last shot good shot the shortest distance between two points is that straight right hand from joshua he's worked the body well with this round andy joshua there's that backhand narrowly misses from music [Applause] roy you don't normally see heavy weights moving around the ring and with this much activity well oozing is a different guy using the guy that came up from cruiserweight so he's a lighter guy so he's forcing the action to move around he's moving a lot all right to the body digging in down low that's going to open up over here [Applause] looking around social media roy scores are kind of all over the place but almost everyone has it really close yeah i think it's about evil steel right now [Applause] so joshua appears to be right he said earlier it's going to be a battle of conditioning i am in tip top shape i will outwork i will outlast my opponent and he's doing it right now he looks to be the fresher fighter of the two [Applause] [Applause] has to be great observation earlier usyk as soon as he got hit jumped right back into the fray oh well that right hand on the inside you never know what kind of damage those do darren you'll be feeling those for sure it's very accurate very very very very [Applause] now he's not doing it as much [Applause] right there like you thought earlier that was the key for him but he's done boxing nice in this round pick some good shots get back into a river joshua going for the same trickster like i said joshua has made some really good [Applause] adjustments lucic appears to need to find his second win yes he seems very tired [Music] johnson's having fun because he's figuring things out for the job 30 seconds to go here in round nine in what has been a quick heavyweight fight punctuated by another left hand from the challenger and now joshua on the front foot towards the ropes by the shot now johnson feels like lucy can't [Applause] this fight has been everything you could have asked it to be handsome [Applause] do [Applause] round [Applause] roy you said this would be anthony joshua's toughest fight you still feel that way of course i do you have to make adjustments on the fly he's fighting a guy who was a who had a better iq in the way he's going to help but he's learning from him and he's taking what he's given again with his own left hand [Applause] ringside seats were selling as high as 10 000 pounds and even those seats you gotta feel they're getting the money's worth the straight left hand for music again and joshua's got blood out coming out of his nose he had that at the end of the last round [Applause] both men with swelling under their right eye [Applause] oh nice quick little right hand from joshua that's what you gotta do you can't look for the power you gotta use the equipment no power you never catches [Applause] there's a big cut a big cut now starting to bleed into the right eye of us [Applause] so much on the line here tonight all of aj's heavyweight belts oh off balance again with aj [Applause] shaking ahead for music [Applause] really accurate in this round aj getting a little more loose with his punches and that's real sweating now look at the eye yeah he's got a huge mouse under his right eye does anthony joshua and we're getting set to enter the championship rounds usyk has busted up and bleeding anthony joshua's eye is almost closed wow what a fight [Applause] hand high all the time that's why you got a little bit of swelling on your right eye left hand eye all the time side to side let him come to you behind the jab be really smart now josh when he attacks your defending country okay relax have a cough relax and relax stay behind move your head is [Applause] how do you like it aj and usic championship rounds the jab scoring for usyk according to derek anthony joshua's got to win these final two rounds [Applause] good shot by joshua good shot by joshua good straight right hand darren what are you telling aj right now force the pace don't do anything clumsy get behind that jab get your foot on the outside of the southpaw start and try it and land that right hand and i'm pretending to also goes to the body but kendall using to use more overhand left and attack that right hand the eye is falling [Applause] throws another right hand he's got to be careful as anthony when he throws those big power punches he's open for the counter [Applause] [Applause] attack [Applause] [Applause] he's already become the unified undisputed cruiserweight champion and he's perhaps just minutes away from becoming a three-belt heavyweight champion you better quit relaxing after these punches because we almost got caught with a figment right there good variation by using working head and body again we see there the movement so loose so relaxed it keeps them on the chair with their legs that we could see a knockout in this fight despite only being three minutes to go oh cool good body shot [Applause] just getting such a nice river then it bounces this is what you claim you want in boxing this is the moment three minutes to go heavyweight championship of the world hanging in the balance using coming right after him stroke start from using the legs of aj seem to stiffen for a split second there roy does aj need a knockdown i think he does i think he needs a knockdown to win the fight or make a destroy at least [Applause] good counter right hand from aj good right hand right there for aj [Applause] too over here left back-to-back who does this [Applause] aj stalking his man but not throwing anything the foot won't want to land with real much trying to send shockwaves throughout the heavyweight division and the boxing world in general he's got aj in trouble in london with a minute 39 to go tremendous boxing the movement non-stop for 12 rounds and with a big left hand again i think he's he doesn't have time to be hurt he really doesn't you gotta try to find one shot [Applause] not get one shot or not take one shot but he has to give one shot good action here spoke man looking for the big shot good job bye aj still seemingly not quite fully balanced a little off-kilter [Applause] it has been a hellacious battle right from the start [Applause] but who who gets the knockout they just try what i said oh [Applause] become the heavyweight champion or did aj just do enough what a fight that was great performance for both men but for me alexander u6 won that i think i had [Applause] but this is not good because look where he is and look where he is that's not good they teach you always after fights never sit down you got to walk around like you still got something left because sometimes a judge is looking to make a decision and that may alter his choice of course evander holyfield became the undisputed cruiserweight champion moved up to heavyweight won the titles and win or lose i think usyk has proved that he is the real deal tonight absolutely i don't think he's lost his one todd i think you look back the reflection that was a beautiful boxing performance and you're right music aj looks like a beating man roy exactly that says a lot you cannot do that at the end of a fight because if a judge is looking to say well who do i think i want to give this last little bit to i say the guy who's fresher and uh walking around the ring aj looks like it's over with but there was a a really good start from from music and back came aj you know there was some close rounds in the middle there but some that i felt aj was coming back into the contest and there wasn't much in it but then rusik almost found his second win and started to let the shots go and i know this sounds a bit strange to say this about the reigning heavyweight champion but you've got to give credit for aj hanging in there when he was rocked early going right after it stayed after it even when he was perhaps in bad shape he would not take a step back nope two former opponents embraced there alexander tony bellew much respect [Applause] darren is there any scenario that you think aj wins this fight no not my card i mean look he had a decent patch in the middle of the fight but in general usic bossed that with superior footwork good jabs and this was a big onslaught at the end of the 12th round just the constant movement from music head fantastic footwork and look at that barrage of punches done very well he was lucky there was only a few seconds left on the clock but for me there's only one winner there alexander i feel what i think eddie ellen pointed eddie herb pointed out that there's some trouble some damage to the eye of aj which may have troubled him later down the stretch but you can see the grimace on the face of aj in the corner there at the end of the contest aj has not gotten off his stool ladies and gentlemen after 12 rounds we go to the judge's scorecards victor vischenko 117 to 112. steve weisfeld has it 116 to 112. and howard foster scores at 115 to 113 all three scores go to the winner by unanimous decision and new [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] he fights for glory and he's found it in all apologies to canelo alvarez but you've got to say this man has to be if not the one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world considering what he just did absolutely what a tremendous feat he has just achieved this evening boxed so well i mean that that was almost a master class of how to box against the bigger man the movement the speed he was so elusive he made it so difficult for aj to land the big shot don't get me wrong aj had a period in the middle rounds that he started to get back into it but for me there was only one win i had that similar to the scorecard where usual wins by four roy you were emphatic earlier that this not only is going to be the toughest fight of aj's life but then usyk may win this late and he closed like a bull i told everybody that i knew there's no way i'm like to be honest there's no way that a good boxer is going to lose to a guy with this experience and he's not a really good boxer i didn't like what i saw in the andrews fight neither one of them even the one he won i didn't like what i saw i didn't really like what i saw in the uh the last fight he had so julia i didn't like that fight either so for me he's making improvement but you're fighting a genius using dominated the whole cruiserweight division with some killers in that division he dominated he didn't beat him he dominated it that tells you he's a hell of a fighter daryn now aj i believe has a rematch clause you know he's going to cash that check but will we see the same scenario if they do fight again you think so you think so i mean that that was a comfortable performance from music there you know he moved so well he was never shook at all from the the punches of aj i mean he he was caught a couple of times as well but he has such a good knack of missing and avoiding the shots look what it means to the new heavyweight champion and can i say one other thing and i'm not saying this i'm just telling about people like evander holyfield and the others that moved up and did it half usyk had that explosiveness on this punch we might have never got out of the first round wow well who's the best heavyweight in the world now roy jones he's still tyson fuhrer but uh [Music]

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Length: 60min 56sec (3656 seconds)

Published: Mon Aug 08 2022