AJ v Usyk Roundup

Saturday, 25th September marked Anthony Joshua's fight with Oleksandr Usyk at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, in which the Ukrainian put on a scintillating display of boxing to claim the IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO belts from Joshua.

From the view of Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn, the fight was "devastating." Eddie also says that his boxer had complained of a lack of vision in one eye after a blow in the ninth round but added that the Briton was also expressing his immediate desire for a rematch.

"I spoke to AJ, and he is saying 'I will win the rematch', but the medical teams are looking at the eye socket," said Hearn. "It was a devastating defeat, but congrats to Oleksandr Usyk, the better fighter won.”

"I don't think AJ boxed a great fight tonight, Usyk boxed an excellent fight. It was all the things we worried about in the fight before, the over-thinking, trying to stand and box with him, and he took too many shots early."

Hearn also said Joshua had given Usyk too much respect and would have to make "fundamental changes" to regain the WBA, WBO and IBF titles he lost in the fight.

In an interview after the fight, Anthony claimed that the experience from the fight was only going to help him moving forwards, and that he was looking forward to the rematch.