Anthony Joshua, fresh from being dethroned as world boxing heavyweight champions, is set to go to hospital to check a suspected broken eye socket.
Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn, who announced this moments after the loss to Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine on Saturday in London, said also that his fighter was “devastated” by the defeat.
He however acknowledged that the Joshua camp had no reservations about the result, and the better fighter won the bout.
Congratulations to Oleksandr Usyk. What a fighter. He put in a great performance and the better man won,” Hearn said," Joshua had it reasonably close in the eighth round but then Usyk ran away with it.”
Usyk dethroned Joshua in his own backyard with a stunning display to earn a unanimous points decision in front of a sell-out crowd at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
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The 34-year-old former undisputed cruiserweight world champion put on a masterclass display to silence the vast majority of the 67,000 fans who packed into the huge arena.
Usyk, giving away height, weight and reach to the champion, proved too elusive for Joshua throughout an enthralling contest and landed the much cleaner shots.
Joshua stayed upright but the decision was a formality as Usyk seized the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO belts with the three judges scoring it 117-112, 116-112, 115-113.
This defeat for Joshua is the second in his career, a crushing blow and scuppered hopes of a unification showdown with fellow Briton Tyson Fury, the WBC title holder.
Even the most diehard Joshua fans had to concede their man had been schooled by a skilful craftsman who rarely looked ruffled even when sustaining a cut above his eye late on.
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