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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Ukrainian fighter, Oleksandr Usyk has insisted that there is nothing special about Anthony Joshua (AJ).<\/p>\n

Oleksandr Usyk defeated Anthony Joshua 117-112, 116-112 and 115-113 in front of official attendance of 66, 267 in the Tottenham Stadium on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

The Nigerian-born British boxer gave up his IBF, WBA and WBO belts as a result of the devastating defeat by Usyk who won by a unanimous decision.<\/p>\n

Joshua quickly left the ring and headed straight to the hospital after the Ukrainian dealt heavy damage to his right eye as he could barely see.<\/p>\n

Usyk is now the new world heavyweight champion and speaking about the match, the Ukrainian said, \u201cThe fight went the way I expected it to go. There were a couple of moments where Anthony Joshua pushed me hard, but just nothing special.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking further, he said, \u201cThis means a lot for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had no objective to knock him out because my corner pushed me not to do that. In the beginning, I tried to hit him hard, but then I stuck to my job.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing I wanted to do with this fight is to give praise to Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been working so hard since January in preparation for this fight, it took me half a year and I didn\u2019t see my family for so long.<\/p>\n

\u201cI missed seeing them playing. I want to go home and be happy with my family and I\u2019m not thinking about the rematch.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Ukrainian fighter, Oleksandr Usyk has insisted that there is nothing special about Anthony Joshua (AJ). Oleksandr Usyk defeated Anthony Joshua 117-112, 116-112 and 115-113 in front of official attendance of 66, 267 in the Tottenham Stadium on Saturday night. 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