Oleksandr Usyk bests Anthony Joshua by split decision, calls out Tyson Fury
One appointed authority scored the session for Joshua, 115-113, however was overruled by counts of 115-113 and 116-112 for Usyk, who crushed Joshua briefly time.
Joshua, who entered the ring as champion when the two met in September in London, fared far superior in the return session under the direction of new mentor Robert Garcia, yet it actually wasn't sufficient.
After the choice was declared, Joshua (24-3, 20 KOs) snatched the receiver and asked the group to support Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) with "Hip Hooray!"
"This person here is a remarkable ability," Joshua said.
Usyk, 35, kept his WBA, WBO and IBF belts with a second triumph over Joshua and is on a crash course with Tyson Fury - - who holds the WBC belt - - for the undisputed heavyweight title.
"I'm certain that Tyson Fury isn't resigned at this point," said Usyk, ESPN's No. 2 heavyweight and negative. 6 pound-for-pound fighter. "I'm certain. I'm persuaded he needs to battle me. I need to battle him. Furthermore, on the off chance that I'm not battling Tyson Fury, I'm not battling by any means."
The proposed Usyk-Fury matchup, one the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has looked at for December, is one of the greatest in all of boxing. Fierceness guaranteed he was resigned following an April triumph over Dillian Whyte, just to declare a rebound recently. After chats with Derek Chisora slowed down, Fury switched course and demanded again that he was resigned.
"I will demolish the two of them on that very night," Fury said in a video posted on Instagram after Usyk's triumph Saturday. "Get your f- - - ing checkbook out on the grounds that 'The Gypsy King' is digging in for the long haul until the end of time!"
Anger's advertiser, Top Rank administrator Bob Arum, told ESPN's Mark Kriegel in San Diego that he accepts the satchel split ought to be 50-50.
"Won't be a hard battle to make," Arum said. "I addressed [Usyk's manager] Egis [Klimas] to salute him. We ought to have the option to assemble it. The main inquiry is where to put it."
While Fury wavered on his future, Usyk was planning for the rematch with Joshua in Dubai the United Arab Emirates after he left war-torn Ukraine with his significant other and three kids. Usyk initially joined a region protection brigade when Russia attacked Ukraine in February.
In the number one spot up, Usyk said he was "spurred by individuals of Ukraine who are battling hard to protect our autonomy" and guaranteed the Joshua battle was accessible on allowed to-air TV back home.
