Jury scorecard for Anthony Joshua’s defeat Oleksandr Usyk was revealed – and boxing fans are furious.
Usyk deserve to win Saturday’s draw rematch on jury scoreboardindicates the British at the Jeddah Superdome in Saudi Arabia.
But it was a divisive decision and one that came as a big surprise to the majority of those watching.
While two of the referees gave the Ukrainians a score of 115-113 and 116-112, Judge Glenn Feldman somehow awarded the 32-year-old’s favor two points, awarding a scorecard of 113. -115. .
Joshua clearly gave away the first round of his bout against the Ukrainian male as he attempted to reclaim the WBA Super, IBF, IBO and WBO world heavyweight titles. Usyk released him last September at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Feldman, however, couldn’t explain the contest’s first three-round bonus for ‘AJ’, who had new head coach Robert Garcia in the corner with him for the first time after parting with his mentor longtime Robert McCracken after his first defeat to Usyk 11 months ago.
Feldman continued as hopelessly as the fight went, as Joshua took a 5-1 lead on his scorecard at the halfway point. He gave Usyk four of the next five innings before handing the 12th round to Joshua in another odd decision.
Most people assume that former undisputed cruiser champion Usyk — who wiped out the 200-pound weight class before moving to heavyweight back in 2019 — exploded in the final quarter of the fight when Joshua has won many successes in the round. ripe.
After the victory Usyk gave his war-torn country, he made a play to target showdown with Tyson Fury.
Fury, the WBC champion, the only real estate holder in heavyweight that doesn’t belong to Usyk after him claim the empty Ring Magazine belt with victory than Joshua, was quick to respond to the challenge, saying he would take on ‘Ukrainian lawyer’ and freed him from his belt.
Bob Arum, the Top Rated CEO who is in charge of ‘The Gypsy King’ US affairs, has revealed that the discussions are was conducted for the fight between Fury and Usyk will take place before the end of the year, potentially returning to the Middle East on December 17, with Saudi Arabia’s Sports Minister recently announcing that it will be ready to host an outdoor event in Riyadh.
