Julius Okorie
Nigerian born British boxer Anthony Joshua was practically taken to the cleaners by boxing fans on Saturday night after his personal score in rematch between Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury emerged online.
Anthony Joshua sitting in vintage position to watch the encounter which took place in Riyadh with rapt attention scored delivered the opposite of the final score as was dished out by the three judges. While Usyk earned a unanimous 116-112 victory over Fury in their rematch in Riyadh,Joshua gave victory to the Gypsy King 115-114 in an apparent too close to call contest.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelAll three judges scored the fight 116-112 in favour of the Ukrainian star.
Joshua was offering his scorecard throughout the fight on television but the British heavyweight was slammed by fans on social media.
The 35-year-old had given Fury five rounds of the contest and Usyk six, while he determined the final round to be a draw, with his eventual card reading 115-114 in favour of the Gypsy King. Some fans hilarious asked what fight he was watching while others say he was still dizzy from the defeat suffered to Daniel Dubois.
Fans following along questioned what fight Joshua was watching, with one claiming the star was still ‘dizzy’ following his knock-out loss to Daniel Dubois in September.
Another wrote ‘Anthony Joshua should never be a boxing judge, I don’t know what fight he was watching.’
‘Anthony Joshua couldn’t score this fight to save his life,’ added a third.
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‘Anthony Joshua obviously still dizzy from that Dubois knockout with that scorecard,’ another fan claimed.
One poked fun at Joshua by questioning whether he was the AI judge, which was included for the fight as an experiment.
Joshua has already been mentioned as a potential next opponent for Fury following the Gypsy King’s second defeat to Usyk.
The pair have long be touted to get into the ring, but an all-British clash has yet to materialise between the pair.
Fury has slammed the scorecards reached by the three judges, claiming he beat Usyk by three rounds.
Julius Okorie is Chief Sports and Entertainment Correspondent for Prime Business Africa. He began his journalism career with the Champion Newspaper and Sporting Champion and later moved on to Daily Independent and the Nation Newspapers. Okorie joined Prime Business Africa in 2024 bringing on board 20 years of experience in writing investigative news on Sports and Entertainment. His well researched and highly informative articles on Sports Business and general entertainment are followed by a wide range of audience.
