On August 20, in Saudi Arabia, Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) successfully defended his WBA/WBO/IBF world titles, defeating British Anthony Joshua (24-3, 22 KOs) on points in a rematch.
Immediately after the fight, Anthony suffered a nervous breakdown. He threw his opponent’s belts out of the ring, hurried to retire to the under-tribune room, but changed his mind halfway and returned to the ring to make an emotional speech.
Thoughts about what happened to Joshua, Usyk shared in
interview youtube channel Usyk17.
Sasha, what do you think happened to Anthony after the fight?
– The guy broke. I don’t think he should be judged for that. He trained, he believed in something – and then he lost for the second time. I think Anthony was in very good shape at the moment, but we were a little better, thank God. And so he suffered. He uttered a lot of incomprehensible words there, but I think he is a good person.
“He took two belts and just threw him out of the ring. There is a shot when you look at what he is doing.
“Do you know what I thought? Fool. You are mad, are not you? Why are you tossing them? Well, you know how they didn’t let you play the ball, and you took the ball and broke it over the neighbor’s fence, where the angry dog is. And what did you do smartly?
Oleksandr Usyk also told who “patted” him in sparring before the rematch with Joshua.