{"id":1186486,"date":"2022-08-22T11:29:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T11:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/22\/oleksandr-usyk-calls-out-tyson-fury-after-victory-over-anthony-joshua\/"},"modified":"2022-08-22T11:29:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T11:29:56","slug":"oleksandr-usyk-calls-out-tyson-fury-after-victory-over-anthony-joshua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/22\/oleksandr-usyk-calls-out-tyson-fury-after-victory-over-anthony-joshua\/","title":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk calls out Tyson Fury after victory over Anthony Joshua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1661167796_376_126394361_gettyimages-1242623255-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"Oleksandr Usyk remains undefeated while Anthony Joshua suffers the third defeat of his career\" title=\"Oleksandr Usyk remains undefeated while Anthony Joshua suffers the third defeat of his career\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oleksandr Usyk remains undefeated while Anthony Joshua suffers the third defeat of his career<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Anthony Joshua\u2019s bid to recapture the unified heavyweight titles ended in disappointment as Oleksandr Usyk produced a terrific performance to win by split decision in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a clash billed as the Rage on the Red Sea, a spirited Joshua, 32, showed some aggressiveness and intent \u2013 a vast improvement from their first fight \u2013 but could not match the brilliance and ring savviness of the Ukrainian who improved his record to 20 wins from 20 contests.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two judges scored the fight 115-113 and 116-112 to Usyk and the third gave it 115-113 to Joshua.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While there were some close rounds, Usyk \u2013 in just his fourth bout since moving up from cruiserweight to heavyweight \u2013 was the deserved winner.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the fight, a furious Joshua \u2013 quite bizarrely \u2013 picked up two of Usyk\u2019s belts, dropped them out of the ring and strode towards the dressing room, before turning round and getting back into the ring to give an impassioned speech.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsyk is one hell of a fighter. That\u2019s just emotion,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you knew my story, you\u2019d understand the passion. I\u2019m not an amateur boxer. I was going to jail and I got bail and I started training.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt shows the passion we put into this. For this guy to beat me tonight, it shows the levels of hard work he must have put in, so please give him a round of applause as heavyweight champion of world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey said that I\u2019m not a 12-round fighter. I ain\u2019t 14 stone, I\u2019m 18 stone, I\u2019m heavy. It\u2019s hard work. This guy here is phenomenal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joshua also went up to Usyk and said to him: \u201cI was studying Ukraine and all the champions from your amazing country. I\u2019ve never been there. What\u2019s happening there, I don\u2019t know but it\u2019s not nice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re not strong, how did you beat me? Because of skills. I had character and determination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He has now suffered back-to-back defeats against Usyk, with the champion retaining the WBA (Super), WBO and IBF titles he won in London last September.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"GmFOm2r6sio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Colon Cancer: Causes, Symptoms And Treatment - Nkwa Hia on Adom TV (20-8-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GmFOm2r6sio?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oleksandr Usyk remains undefeated while Anthony Joshua suffers the third defeat of his career Anthony Joshua\u2019s bid to recapture the unified heavyweight titles ended in disappointment as Oleksandr Usyk produced a terrific performance to win by split decision in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.\u00a0 In a clash billed as the Rage on the Red Sea, a spirited [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1185601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[1636,230,577,8630,20882,3958,23975,1331],"class_list":["post-1186486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-anthony","tag-calls","tag-fury","tag-joshua","tag-oleksandr","tag-tyson","tag-usyk","tag-victory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1186486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1186486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1186486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1186486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}